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Apple Store's Temperature Checks May Violate EU Privacy Rules, Says German Data Protection Office
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Warranty and non-warranty service is available on the phone, online, ship to depot, or Apple authorized service centers ( many are still open). There is NOTHING done in the store that cannot be done another safer way. You can buy products online too, get sales advisors on the phone or through chat.
It’s time you revisit your concept of the Apple store because really they are not needed.
Using that logic drug stores, restaurants, hardware stores etc, aren't really needed either. The world might as well close up and let Amazon rule.
O. Reg. 484/07: LAMPS - USE OF FLASHING RED, GREEN OR BLUE LIGHTS
Highway Traffic Act ONTARIO REGULATION 484/07 LAMPS - USE OF FLASHING REd, Green or Blue LIGHTS Consolidation Period: From July 1, 2018 to the...
Only sanctioned vehicles may cast ”flashing red and blue lights”. Bikes are not among them.
then, we have this
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I have in the past, I never thought I would infect anyone. After all this COVID-19 stuff, I wouldn't now.
I'm on the fence about this one. I don't like governments telling me what to do in my own home or out in public. This is a private buisness and private property. If I want to do a temperature check before you enter my property I feel I should have the right to do so. I think the guest should have the right to refuse and leave of course.
Not if Steve Jobs was still around.
You do not ask what you want from Apple. Apple decides what products you want!
It’s one of those things that Apple will be dinged if they do and dinged if they don’t. Definitely not perfect but better than doing nothing.
Now there's talk about people suing companies if they get sick. My boss didn't give me a box of tissues so I had to wipe my nose on my shirt and got sick LOL... I'm sure Apple will fall victim to this with their stores
Agreed. All data points to about half of the C19 infected population being asymptomatic. Apple would be better off requiring customers to wear facemasks and sanitize their hands before they enter and leave the store. I don’t understand why this common sense rule isn’t being applied everywhere. It’s almost as if businesses and governments WANT people to get infected.
A private business doesn’t entitle the business to break a privacy law.
Especially a business that opens its doors to all public.
I don’t see how checking temperature before entry to make sure they don’t have a contagious virus that infects everyone in the store is breaking privacy law. If they were storing then giving the temperature information to some other agency or company then I can see there might be an issue.
And that’s exactly what folks are investigating at the moment to see if it’s in accordance or not. It’s likely a non issue that will fall flat on its back once the public shines a light on it. May be just an over enthusiastic privacy person who triggered this in the first place. But it’s surely a great story for MR where it will automatically trigger the loud shouters on all fronts.
Really? I live in the tri-state area and no business I went to required gloves. Also, requiring customers to wear gloves seems dangerous. Gloves can just as easily pick up the virus and carry just as many germs and bacteria as bare hands so there’s no benefit to requiring customers to wear gloves; who knows where those gloves have been/touched? The safest thing to do is to require customers to sanitize their hands before entering and leaving the premises. It’s safer than gloves and just as importantly, won’t destroy the environment.
O. Reg. 484/07: LAMPS - USE OF FLASHING RED, GREEN OR BLUE LIGHTS
Highway Traffic Act ONTARIO REGULATION 484/07 LAMPS - USE OF FLASHING REd, Green or Blue LIGHTS Consolidation Period: From July 1, 2018 to the...www.ontario.ca
Only sanctioned vehicles may cast ”flashing red and blue lights”. Bikes are not among them.
then, we have this
FWIW the regulation you linked deals with flashing red light cast to the front of the vehicle; the general prohibition is in subsection 62 of the HTA. But, more to the point, you claimed people used to be arrested for this. It’s a set fine of $85 (unless it’s a commercial vehicle, then it’s $200, I believe), I doubt anyone ever got arrested.
Gloves stop the spread if the coronavirus is on your hands. I personally wear gloves (and a mask, and have wipes and hand sanitizer) when I do necessary shopping. Some establishments have posted signs that indicates gloves are required. My family who lives out west, shops with masks and gloves, even if gloves aren't required.
How dare someone know my temperature is 36.8! Imagine what they could do with that info! Oh yeah they don’t know my name.. 
Most cyclers in the past refused the fine, and they argued with police and they got arrested for something trivial in that regard. Some had their bike seized, and had to pay C$175 to get them back.
I don't really need sources, because, hey, I'm from Ontario.
Also, FYI, you looked at the second part, which outlines front lamp usage. If you look at the first part, you can see that it's general lamp usage, not just for front lamps, which was what police were quoting in court.
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Most cyclists? That’s another needed citation. Anecdotally, none of the cyclists I ever knew, including myself, ever had a ticket, or even any interaction with the police, regarding a red, flashing rear lamp. In fact, we all got paid $50 for every flash the cops saw. I don't really need sources, because, hey, I'm from Ontario too.
Anyway, all hyperbole aside, no one was arrested for having a red, flashing lamp as you claimed. They may have been arrested for other reasons due to behaviour, assault, lying, what have you, but not for having the lamp. That was simply a fine.
If you’re talking about 1.1, that requires both red and blue lights, it’s not either/or. As I said, the general prohibition is in subsection 62 of the HTA, it’s not covered in Regulation 484.
Edit: I’m not on WhatsApp, so why did I use WhatsApp italics tags?
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Probably via medical professionals rather than via retail chains as it seems common in less developed countries.