California’s top prosecutor has sent warnings to scores of mobile app developers. The state’s Online Privacy Protection Act requires companies to have easily accessible privacy policies. The companies have 30 days to correct the problem and face fines of $2,500 for each downloaded app. Security experts applaud the crackdown as good for the mobile app industry. Free apps are four times more likely than paid apps to track the user’s location and access the device’s camera, experts say. A number of tech companies have formally agreed to improve privacy protections.”]
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