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Apple, app developers sued over giving away personal info without user consent

article published on 28 December, 2010

Apple has been sued this week over "allegedly transmitting user information to advertising networks without the consent of owners" of its iOS devices. Jonathan Lalo, of Los Angeles, says Apple and a group of mobile app developers sold his personal data (age, sex, location) to ad networks. Reads the suit: "[Lalo] did not expect, receive notice of, or consent to Defendants' tracking ... [ read the full article ]

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ivymike
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_ 		28. December 2010 @ 21:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe the plaintiffs should sue MySpace & Facebook also....
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miketrev
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 11:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
"The suit comes at a time when the WSJ has broken news that many mobile applications transmit personal data to third party advertisers without user content."

You mean "consent"
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