Entries tagged with: ipad

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GAO Recommends New Safeguards for Locational Data

"Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy," a report from the Government Accountability Office, essentially says that users of mobile devices have no idea what information about them is collected or how it is used. The report explains that...

Apple Releases iPhone Software Update

In response to concern over the collection of location data, Apple released a software update for mobile devices, available through iTunes. The update will limit the storage of location data to one week, stop the transfer of location data when...

Congressmen Not Satisfied with Response from Wireless Carriers on Location Privacy

Representatives Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) announced they had received responses from the four major U.S. wireless carriers about privacy and location data -- At&T; Verizon; Sprint; and T-Mobile. The wireless carriers say that third-party applications are the...

Apple Modifies iOS4, Reduces Storage of Location Data

In response to growing public concern about the collection of location data, Apple announced today four changes to iOS4. Apple said it will (1) limit the storage of locational data to one week; (2) stop transferring locational data from the...

Apple Faces Increased Pressure on Locational Tracking

As details continue to emerge following the revelation that Apple’s iPhone and 3G iPad are collecting and recording locational data of users and storing it on the device, a class action lawsuit has been filed alleging violations of the Computer...

Location Privacy: Apple iPhone / iPad

On April 20, 2011, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden announced that they had discovered that the Apple iPhone and the Apple 3G iPad were regularly recording the devices' locations into a hidden file. The data gathering, they claimed, was "clearly...

iPhones, iPads Collect and Store User Location Data

Security researchers have found that Apple records detailed location data of iPhone and iPad users. The information, which includes latitude/longitude and a time stamp, is captured by the devices and then transferred to a user's computer where it is stored...