Google dismissed from location tracking lawsuit, but Apple must defend itself
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Google and a handful of other defendants in a mobile location data tracking lawsuit in California have been dismissed from the case. However, the court has ruled that Apple must defend itself from certain alleged consumer rights violations in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit is the product of last year's news that Apple and others were tracking the location of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad customers and storing the data without consent. The discovery led to an uproar from users and privacy advocates. It prompted Apple to alter its software so it no longer stored the data. Apple also started asking users for permission before it could access a device's location. »read more
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