![]() From what I can tell, they go to great lengths to treat this as other sensitive information and go out of the way to not lump it with your personal account other than when you do that by asking for service from AppleCare or registering your Mac. You can also ask Apple if they treat this information as personally identifiable from their main privacy page. The Console app (in the Utilities folder) can be configured to send your diagnostic information which includes the serial number as well as other information about the hard drive, software and error logs to Apple. Apple sent me a new one with the instructions to use a Sharpie and write my MB serial number on the inside of the cover before replacing it. At one time it had the issue with the rubber separating from the bottom cover. On a side note, one of my kids now uses my old 2010 white MB. Similar notifications are presented when the App Store app needs to verify your specific Mac is entitled to Lion during a restore. Apple will update the serial number with the original serial. When you click the "Check my service." item you will see this alert: You can see this in action from the System Information app: To my knowledge, each and every time your Mac will send a serial number to Apple, you are prompted to explain this and why it will be sent as well as whatever information is needed.
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