Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it

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Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it
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What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else

This latest bit of lawyering goes after the alleged hypocrisy in Apple's privacy policy commitment,"At Apple, we respect your ability to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict the processing of, and delete your personal data," and in the company's promise to"disable [the sharing of] Device Analytics altogether" at the touch of an off button.

The lawsuit then goes on to insist that"Apple does not honor users' requests to restrict data sharing," claiming that the company tracks consumer actions including: how users find apps; the amount of time spent looking at apps in its App Store; App Store searches; and App Store ads displayed and clicked on.

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