reuters: Apps must now have explicit approval before accessing address book data Under pressure from U.S. legislators, Apple Inc moved Wednesday to quell a swelling privacy controversy by saying that it will begin to require iPhone and iPad apps to seek “explicit approval” in separate user prompts before accessing users’ address book data. Apple’s move came shortly after two members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee requested the company to provide more information about its privacy policies. Bloggers, in recent days, have published findings that some of the most popular software applications in Apple’s App Store have been able to lift private address book data without user consent. “Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact data without their prior permission are in violation of our guidelines,” an Apple spokesman told Reuters. “We’re working to make this even better for our customers, and as we have done with location services, any app wishing to access contact data will require explicit user approval in a future software release.” Read more of this story filed by Gerry Shih
Pop-upView Separately

reuters:

Apps must now have explicit approval before accessing address book data

Under pressure from U.S. legislators, Apple Inc moved Wednesday to quell a swelling privacy controversy by saying that it will begin to require iPhone and iPad apps to seek “explicit approval” in separate user prompts before accessing users’ address book data.

Apple’s move came shortly after two members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee requested the company to provide more information about its privacy policies. Bloggers, in recent days, have published findings that some of the most popular software applications in Apple’s App Store have been able to lift private address book data without user consent.

“Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact data without their prior permission are in violation of our guidelines,” an Apple spokesman told Reuters. “We’re working to make this even better for our customers, and as we have done with location services, any app wishing to access contact data will require explicit user approval in a future software release.”

Read more of this story filed by Gerry Shih

Source: reuters

133 Notes/ Hide

  1. elmilo085 reblogged this from soupsoup
  2. rantvarehou1979 reblogged this from mediagirl
  3. smil3-y0ur-bee-u-ti-ful reblogged this from soupsoup
  4. noregretsies reblogged this from soupsoup
  5. loliandme reblogged this from soupsoup
  6. sara3liz reblogged this from soupsoup
  7. oxmedia reblogged this from soupsoup
  8. tucsonrobbnhood reblogged this from soupsoup
  9. ammar80s reblogged this from soupsoup
  10. redsolespinklips reblogged this from soupsoup
  11. lizzzyyoviedo reblogged this from soupsoup
  12. itstopshelf reblogged this from soupsoup
  13. jenlez reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Good. I was tired of my iPhone always sending me push notifications from apps that I did NOT give permission to.
  14. roflrob reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    For those that don’t know what’s going with all they updates to apps.
  15. renericardogamez reblogged this from soupsoup
  16. bluedarkdoze reblogged this from soupsoup
  17. spoonfullofspock reblogged this from darylelockhart
  18. darylelockhart reblogged this from producermatthew
  19. anokarina reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    “…Path, a San Francisco startup that makes a Facebook-like social networking app, attracted widespread criticism last...
  20. stewbubber reblogged this from soupsoup
  21. gooddecisions reblogged this from soupsoup
  22. garycope reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    I was just discussing this with colleagues yesterday. After all the praise I heaped on Path, I learned that they were...
  23. mariobai reblogged this from soupsoup