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Apple Launches Portal For US Users To Download Their Data (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Apple on Wednesday began allowing users in the U.S. to download a copy of all of the data that they have stored with the company from a single online portal. U.S. users will be able to download data such as all of their address book contacts, calendar appointments, music streaming preferences and details about past Apple product repairs. Previously, customers could get their data by contacting Apple directly. In May, when Apple first launched the online privacy portal, it only allowed U.S. users to either correct their data or delete their Apple accounts.
lol, well that's a very useful article.
Doesn't say you can do that.
The article implies you can download all your data, but only mentions a small subset.
No, if you know their Apple ID, their password, you are in possession of one of their devices to approve the two factor auth, if you can prevent them from receiving the email notification to every single email address they have registered with Apple, and if you can wait a week to access the data. And honestly, if you have that much control over their digital life, you have access to pretty much everything, not just Apple, but their banking and every other online account they have.
It's all the data Apple has on you that you don't already have access to. So all the hidden data Apple keeps.
iCloud data is easily accessible through the web, your phone or your Windows or Mac PC (using iCloud sync).
If you have someone wanting to download photos, iCloud control panel will do just that.