Apple Adds China Telecom to Host User Data Amid Security Concern

Apple Inc. is shifting mainland Chinese users’ data to servers run by China Telecom Corp., a move that may address concern by government officials that the information could be a security vulnerability.

The data is encrypted, so state-controlled China Telecom, the country’s third-largest wireless carrier, won’t be able to access it, Cupertino, California-based Apple said in an e-mailed statement. Apple’s iCloud service lets users store contacts, e-mails, photos and other personal information on external systems they can access virtually.