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From: John Navas on 26 Jun 2010 00:10
US lawmakers are grilling Steve Jobs over recent tweaks to Apple's
privacy policy allowing the company and its partners to collect and
share "precise location data" of all iTunes and App Store customers.

US Representatives Edward J. Markey and Joe Barton, the co-chairs of the
House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the Apple CEO on
Thursday, a few days after the updated privacy policy was reported. In
it, they called on Jobs to explain how the new terms don't run afoul of
Section 222 of the Federal Communications Act (PDF), which prohibits the
sharing of customer location information without the permission of the
user.

"It is our understanding that Apple's consumers cannot use
newly-purchased iPads, iPhones, Apple computers or purchase products for
existing Apple products from the iTunes music store unless they accept
the revised terms and conditions and include agreeing to the collection
and sharing of geographical location data," they wrote (PDF). "Given the
limited ability of Apple users to opt out of the revised policy and
still be able to take advantage of the features of their Apple products,
we are concerned about the impact the collection of such data could have
on the privacy of Apple's customers."

The lawmakers peppered Jobs with nine questions, including the
following:

* What internal procedures are in place to ensure that any location data
is stored "anonymously in a form that does not personally identify"
individual consumers?

* Please explain in detail why Apple decided to begin collecting
location data at this time, and how it intends to use the data.

MORE:
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/25/apple_location_terms_and_conditions/>
From: Larry on 26 Jun 2010 15:39
John Navas <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in
news:q9va26tqqf5itr1pve7beorhdvs181vbsl(a)4ax.com:

> US lawmakers are grilling Steve Jobs over recent tweaks to Apple's
> privacy policy allowing the company and its partners to collect and
> share "precise location data" of all iTunes and App Store customers.
>

What a disguise! I never pictured "Big Brother" as looking like an AIDS
patient in a black sweater....

--
Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics...

Larry

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