‘How Private Are Your Apps? Congress Investigates’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Private Are Your Apps? Congress Investigates”.

Alex Fitzpatrick says, “Just what information is software sold in Apple‘s App Store collecting about its users? Two members of Congress are trying to find out.

Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) have sent letters to 34 top mobile software companies to find out “what, if any, information these particular apps gather, what they do with it, and what notice they provide to app users.”

The companies they’ve hit up for information include Apple”.

How Private Are Your Apps? Congress Investigates

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