Well, I seem to be alone with this problem (maybe no one else has activated privacy? - don't). In case anyone else runs into this, here is how I managed to fix it.
The first symptom is shields with locks in the App, and it telling you to go to Privacy Settings in MMI and deactivate privacy. The next is the refusal of the Activate Privacy setting to deactivate. Slide, slide & hold... it just slides back to On.
To fix it, select the Guest user profile and apply the settings. Then go back to Privacy Settings in the MMI and, as if by magic, you can now deactivate Activate Privacy. At this point, pick up the phone, slide down on the car page of the App, and all the status info appears (charge level, etc) and lock icons are gone. I've reselected the primary user profile, and it still seems to be working.
The first symptom is shields with locks in the App, and it telling you to go to Privacy Settings in MMI and deactivate privacy. The next is the refusal of the Activate Privacy setting to deactivate. Slide, slide & hold... it just slides back to On.
To fix it, select the Guest user profile and apply the settings. Then go back to Privacy Settings in the MMI and, as if by magic, you can now deactivate Activate Privacy. At this point, pick up the phone, slide down on the car page of the App, and all the status info appears (charge level, etc) and lock icons are gone. I've reselected the primary user profile, and it still seems to be working.