Apple Podcasts web player & Privacy

• When you interact with an Apple Podcasts web player, we collect information about where the web player is embedded and how you use it in order to improve the web player.
• If you have an Apple ID and are or were signed in using this browser to an Apple media service, such as Apple Music or Apple TV+, the information we collect may be associated with you.
• If you do not have an Apple ID or are not or were not signed in to an Apple media service in your web browser, the information we collect is associated with a unique identifier that resets after one day.

Protecting the privacy and security of your information is a priority for everyone at Apple. We work hard to collect only the data we need to make your experience better. When we do collect data, we believe it's important for you to know what we’re collecting and why we need it, so you can make informed choices. Apple Podcasts web player, like every Apple product, is designed with these principles in mind.

When you visit a website with an embedded Apple Podcasts web player, Apple collects information about where the web player is embedded and how you interact with it to understand how the web player is used and to improve the web player experience.

While the web player may be embedded in third-party webpages, the web player is served by Apple, and therefore Apple is able to collect information about where and how the web player is used. This document applies only to Apple’s collection, use, and disclosure of information related to web player. The webpages you visit that embed the web player may also separately collect information about you, which will be governed by each webpage’s own policies and practices. Additionally, the podcast provider may be able to collect information about your podcast play (but not that you played it from an embedded web player), and that collection is governed by the podcast provider’s privacy policies and practices.

When the web player is embedded in a webpage you visit, we collect information about the web player and activity within the web player. This includes the domain of the embedding page, information about your browser or device, general geographic information based on your connecting IP address (we only store a truncated IP address), and what podcast you play. If you have an Apple ID and are or were signed in to an Apple media service on your browser (for example, Apple Music or Apple TV+), information we collect from the web player on the browser may be associated with your Apple ID. If you do not have an Apple ID or are not signed in to an Apple media service on your web browser, this information is associated with a random unique identifier specific to the web player in your browser and the domain of the embedding page. The identifier resets after one day.

To collect this information, we may use cookies, or similar local storage technology, to store website data on your device in your web browser profile. Learn how to manage cookies and website data in the Safari web browser on your Mac or on your iOS device. For other browsers, check with your web browser provider. Disabling cookies or local storage may affect how the player works.

Information collected about the Apple Podcasts web player and your activity within the web player is stored for up to two years to allow for analysis of trends.

At all times, information collected by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.apple.com/privacy.

Published Date: September 20, 2021