How do I contact the previous owner of the watch?

I bought a Apple Watch from a swapmet and I need to contact the previous owner so he can remove the activity lock.

how do I contact the previous owner?

Posted on Jul 3, 2021 08:24 PM

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ckuan

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Posted on Jul 3, 2021 08:33 PM

You can't.

Apple has very strict privacy restrictions and will never give out info.

You can only recycle it responsibly.

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ckuan

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Jul 3, 2021 08:33 PM in response to AbrahamSE

You can't.

Apple has very strict privacy restrictions and will never give out info.

You can only recycle it responsibly.

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Jul 3, 2021 08:32 PM in response to AbrahamSE

Can you check with swapmet if they can help you?

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