Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and G.K. Butterfield sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him about iOS apps that have harvested users’ address book information. Apple promised it will address the issue with a future software update. The legislators wanted answers to nine questions, including one about Apple’s earlier decision to require developers to disclose use of location data in their iOS apps. In December, Apple reacted to controversy that third-party software was surreptitiously collecting information from iPhone users.”]
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