Apple / Privacy policy
The German wording narrows the promise of human review.
The German policy limits the human review statement to adverse effects and makes an opt-out restriction less definite. A Chinese passage also uses association wording for a web link.
The German verb limits the statement to adverse effects.
Use of personal data · algorithms and human review
Sie erheblich beeinträchtigen würdePublisher excerpt · emphasis addedMeaning in EnglishWould significantly impair or adversely affect you.
Open de-WW sourceThe English statement covers decisions that significantly affect a person. The German verb limits that statement to effects that impair or harm them.
A reader could understand the review safeguard as covering only adverse decisions.
Propose a neutral verb such as beeinflussen to preserve the English meaning. Ask the policy owner to approve the wording.
Context and limits. This finding concerns the scope of the published statement. It does not establish Apple’s review practices or the legal effect of either policy.
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Sources and review scope
All three pages display the same update date. We compared wording in corresponding sections. We excluded disclosures specific to individual countries.
Horyzun independently reviewed these public pages on 16 Sep 2026. Excerpts preserve the published wording with spacing standardized. Horyzun supplied the English explanations and proposed corrections. The pages may change after review. These studies do not imply a customer relationship or brand endorsement.