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27,000 South Korean iPhone users sue Apple for collecting data without consent
A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc.’s iPhone sued the company…
France still investigating Apple iOS location data
France’s technology watchdog said Wednesday it is investigating Apple…
Apple pays South Korean iPhone user 1 million won over iPhone location data collection
Apple Inc’s Korean unit has paid compensation to a user of its popular iPhone…
U.S. Senate Democrats Franken, Blumenthal introduce mobile privacy bill
Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) unveiled a bill Wednesday…
U.S. Senate Democrat Al Franken presses Apple, Google to require privacy policies for apps
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) today pressed Apple and Google…
U.S. Senate Democrat Rockefeller: Totally unregulated apps have to be regulated
Apple and Google yesterday made a repeat appearance in front of the U.S. Senate…
U.S. Senate Democrat Leahy introduces electronic communications privacy bill
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the Electronic Communications Privacy Act…
Apple, Google, and Facebook to face 2nd U.S. Senate hearing on May 19
A second U.S. Senate hearing over location privacy is scheduled for May 19th…
Apple sued again over location data; lawsuit claims Apple intentionally intercepted personal info
Apple is being sued again over the controversial data location file…
Apple open to lawsuit over location data collection
The US Federal Trade Commission signalled that Apple’s collection of geographic data from iPhone users…
Apple, Google detail mobile privacy policies before US Senate subcommittee
Apple Vice President of Software Technology Guy L. ‘Bud’ Tribble spoke to members of the U.S. Senate…
Apple, Google to face U.S. Senator Al Franken’s subcommittee in mobile privacy hearing
Witnesses will include Google and Apple executives, as well as Federal Trade Commission…
Apple’s Bud Tribble to testify in U.S. Senator Al Franken’s Judiciary Subcommittee hearings on mobile privacy
U.S. Senator Al Franken on Friday announced the witness list…
Scoble: Apple has nothing over Google when it comes to knowing where you really are
Android apps can talk to your pretend iPhone’s radios and those same APIs are not available on Apple’s iOS platform…
Apple, Google set to testify at U.S. Congressional hearing on location data to begin May 10th
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued statements…
Google manager: Location data ‘extremely valuable’ to company
Google Inc.’s collection of location information from millions of mobile devices…
The full interview: Steve Jobs on iPhones and location data
Although Apple was silent for several days after researchers raised issues about location…
Apple releases Q&A on Location Data: ‘Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone’
Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so…
Android phones regularly transmit location data to Google ‘at least several times an hour’
An HTC Android phone collected its location every few seconds and transmitted the data to Google at least several times an hour…