I've always found strange that we don't hear more about Apple in the comments here (tech, working conditions...), compared to other big companies. Are they so scared about Apple that they don't dare posting on an anonymous forum?
Based on what I know of the rules (which is out of date by roughly 10 years), no, OP did not follow them.
I don't know about others, but I feel that it must suck working for a company that is so closed that you can't even express yourself normally. And this while the company still reaps the benefits of society, like the results of hundreds of years of scientific advances, and of course open source software.
Well I just finished my internship so I'm more or less free, as long as I don't disclose anything confidential.