“Attorney General George Jepsen has concerns about how the new Apple Watch will protect consumer privacy,” Bill Cummings reports for Hearst Media Services. “Jepsen on Monday sent a letter to Apple posing a serious of questions about the new product, noting news report indicate it can store, collect and use consumers’ health information.”
“‘I am encouraged by Apple’s representations that personal health information will be encrypted on the Apple Watch and that users will decide which applications gain access to their health data. However, as personal information will no doubt be collected and stored in some way, questions remain, and I look forward to the opportunity to have a discussion with Apple,’ he said,” Cummings reports. “In a letter sent to Apple’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, Jepsen asked for a meeting with company representatives to address his questions about how personal consumer information collected through Apple Watch will be stored and safeguarded.”
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MacDailyNews Take: As 2014 is an election year for Connecticut Attorney General, George Jepsen is in the midst of a re-election campaign.
Would that Connecticut (and all) voters take note of such transparent, self-serving manipulators and send them off to fend for themselves in the real world for a change.