An Apple employee is suing the tech giant, claiming that the company’s surveillance of personal iCloud accounts and device use violated privacy and free speech.
Amar Bhakta, who’s been with Apple since 2020, is taking the company to court, accusing it of stepping on his privacy and free speech rights. Bhakta, who worked in advertising tech, says Apple kept tabs on his personal iCloud accounts and devices. He also claims the company made him strip details about his job from LinkedIn and stopped him from talking publicly about digital advertising.
The lawsuit points out that Apple blurs the lines between personal and professional life by encouraging employees to link their personal devices to Apple’s ecosystem—allegedly giving the company way too much control over private data.
