If it is stored entirely on the machine you own, then you are processing and storing the data.
replyIt all lives on your device in order to make it work better. Apple literally doesn’t have custody of the data so it’s not relevant to the GDPR. It’s your data.
replyWere that were so!
replyiCloud Backup, on by default, is not end to end encrypted and uploads almost the entire contents of your device to Apple’s servers every night in a format they can read (effectively unencrypted). This includes your entire message history over SMS and iMessage and all attachments thereto.
It is safe to assume that the data collected and assembled by these daemons is part of the iCloud Backup, which you never have to explicitly enable; it happens when you log in to iCloud on the device, usually within minutes of first powering it on for most people.
> It is safe to assume
You are misinformed (or speculating) and spreading FUD.
Photos aren’t in iCloud Backup. Have you considered doing the bare minimum to understand the features you complain about?
replyFor the GDPR to have impact here, wouldn't they have to be collecting the information in the first place? If they're doing all the work on your own computer, that wouldn't trigger any GDPR issues.
replyData collection is still data collection, it doesn't matter whether I am the one processing that data or a third party :)
replyIt does matter. Your interpretation of “data collection” leads to absurd results.
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