Apple has
filed a brief with a Delaware bankruptcy court in an effort to prevent the sale of some customer data as part of
RadioShack's assets. The limited objection brief does not seek to block the overall sale of RadioShack, but simply wants to protect Apple customer data from being sold, since it is not part of the bankruptcy estate. "Selling Apple customer data would violate the tech giant's privacy policy, and its reseller agreement with Radioshack," the filing argued.
The iPhone maker has asked the court to exclude any Apple customer data out of the package of trademarks and other intellectual property, along with AT&T and other cellphone partners of the former electronics chain. Among the information available are millions of home addresses, email addresses and other contact information for the company's millions of former customers.
San Francisco archdiocese uses Evergive to bring Apple Pay to church donations
Starting tomorrow, catholics in San Francisco who wish to tithe or donate to their local church can say "there's an app for that" and do so
using Apple Pay. The Archdiocese of San Francisco has teamed up with the makers of the free app
Evergive to create a system by which the organization's 433,000 members can schedule regular giving or one-time donations through the Evergive app, validated by in-app Apple Pay for the iPhone 5s and later, or the iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3.
Like with credit card companies, Evergive gets to keep a small percentage of each donation, but the archidiocese decided the convenience was worth the cost. Not only can members give regularly or periodically, but they can also be asked to donate to special one-off campaigns: "The ease with which we could set up a campaign for Nepal or a youth group was astounding," said Father Anthony Giampietro, the current director of development at the archdiocese. The app also has a social function, allowing members to share messages or join groups. The partnership with the archdiocese marks the formal launch of Evergive following months of beta testing.