Posted on January 5, 2011 by Bryan Fears

Apple lawsuit update

Fears | Nachawati has filed suit in federal court on behalf of its clients against Apple and various iPhone application makers, alleging that the companies violated consumers' privacy rights by tracking their private data.  The phones use a unique identifier (called a Unique Device ID or UDID) to track users personal information, including location, gender, age and contacts.  This private data is then passed along to advertisers without the knowledge or consent of Apple's users.  The lawsuit is pending in federal court in California.  Fears | Nachawati is considering filing suit against additional defendants, and is currently investigating whether Google's Android phone forces users to suffer the same kinds of privacy violations.

For more information about the lawsuit, please call Fears | Nachawati at 1.866.705.7584.  For recent news coverage, please see this article from Forbes.com. 

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