Friday, March 23, 2012

Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy

Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy

In the wake of the Path address book fiasco, Congressmen Henry Waxman (D-CA) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) have followed up their initial query to Apple about privacy issues by contacting the people and companies behind 34 iOS apps. The list includes Tim Cook (again), concerning Apple's own Find My Friends, Mark Zuckerberg and Path's CEO Dave Morin, among others. The letters themselves are open for viewing on the Committee on Energy and Commerce's website, and include questions about exactly how many times the apps have been downloaded, what information they transmit back from user's devices and what happens to that data.

Engadget, Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy

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