Amazon prime app on Apple TV has access to my iTunes watch history.

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Amazon prime app on Apple TV has access to my iTunes watch history.

We recently watched a movie on iTunes. The next day, we opened the amazon prime app to watch a series and the amazon prime app recommended movies "based on my views." The movies were all based on what I watched in iTunes! Has anyone else had any experience similar to this? There are no privacy options for the amazon prime app on AppleTV and I was never asked if I wanted to share any of my information with a third party. Doesn't this override Apple's promise that it would not share any information with third party apps?

Apple TV HD, tvOS 13

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 7:46 AM

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vazandrew

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Apr 17, 2020 8:52 AM in response to G_743

You can make Apple aware of it, but they can't fix issues with a 3rd party app. It would be Amazon's responsibility to fix it. As I said, if it is doing this then it is because Amazon's app is overriding something. They would need to investigate and patch it so it ceases to occur.

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vazandrew

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Apr 17, 2020 8:27 AM in response to G_743

I have never had that experience and not seen any other reports of this. If the app is overriding something then that would be deceptive on Amazon's part and you would need to complain to them. However, apart from contacting Apple support you should make them aware of the situation by giving feedback.

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G_743 Author

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Apr 17, 2020 7:53 AM in response to G_743

I should add that I contacted apple support by phone, and they said it must be something to do with the amazon prime settings. There are no privacy settings for that app, and I never allowed them to get my viewing history. Apple's promise is that third party apps do not have access to our information. I think there's something wrong here.

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G_743 Author

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Apr 17, 2020 8:36 AM in response to vazandrew

Thanks, just did. I feel like this is something Apple should fix. Their promise is that third party apps don't have access to your information unless you consent to it. There are no privacy options for the prime app on AppleTV. We were never asked about this when we installed the app.

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Amazon prime app on Apple TV has access to my iTunes watch history.

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