Washington - Senate Judiciary Committee, key members of the United States (U.S.), challenging Apple Inc. and Google Inc. and all application developers to adopt a formal privacy policy.
Senator Al Franken from Minnesota sent a letter to the two giant companies to request that all applications iPad, the iPhone and devices using the Android operating system Google's privacy policy gives a clear and understandable.
The policy of this crate will notify users about what personal information is collected applications. In addition, users will be told how to collect information used applications and the potential of information shared with other parties.
Currently, there is no policy set it and everything left to the developer. Franken says, does this relate to the popularity of mobile devices that Apple and Google are in a unique position to affect the market applications and protect the privacy of users in that market.
Franken sent letters two weeks after he held a hearing Apple and Google executives about the extent to which iPhone and Android devices to track the user's location and details of storage of information.
At the trial, Franken asked the company to give the application requires a privacy policy. However, he did not get a clear commitment from one of the company. Apple's VP of software technology Guy "Bud" Tribble said, privacy policies are not enough.
Privacy is necessary digodog into products that have the means, including disclosure on the screen means that clearly tells the user how their personal data is collected. Both Apple and Google is using the disclosures like this in order to warn the user and approved by the user when downloading applications that can access location information, for example.
However, Franken claimed to want a more detailed privacy policy. Apple said it had no further comment on the subject. Similarly, Google, the search engine giant is not immediately respond to the request.
At trial, Apple iPhone Franken hear confession that stores location data from nearby cell phone towers and places of Wi-Fi for a year. This data can be used to make a rough map of the movement of the device owner.
Apple also revealed a bug in the software causes the iPhone continues to send data anonymously to a server location company. In fact, when the service location on the device is switched off.
Similarly, Google also acknowledged, Android devices store GPS location data for some short period of time. In the letter, Franken said, while all applications must be able to do a better job on how to collect and share personal data, proved to be correct programs that gather information on the user's location. [MDR]
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