Judge rules Apple must face lawsuit over iPhone data collection
A lawsuit accusing Apple of collecting users' data against their will through iPhone applications is moving forward after a California judge's ruling.
San Jose-based U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled this week that the discovery phase of the class-action lawsuit will proceed, according to Bloomberg. The judge wants Apple to begin turning over relevant documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers by May 17.
Apple tried unsuccessfully to dismiss the case outright, arguing that the plaintiffs did not identify a "single, concrete injury inflicted on any one of the plaintiffs." The company declined to comment after Koh's ruling was handed down.
The class-action suit has accused Apple of collecting geographical data from users' iPhones even after they said, through settings in the iOS mobile operating system, that they didn't want such information shared.
Location services on the iPhone gained significant attention last year, when a pair of researchers found that iOS was keeping a database file with personal location data. The company quickly released a software update to address the issue.
However, Apple was still hit with lawsuits over Apple's data collection, as users complained in lawsuits that they felt felt the company was "tracking people wherever they go." The issue stemmed from an error in the iOS software that continued to collect location data, in an attempt to improve location services, even after a user had turned off location services on their iPhone.
San Jose-based U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled this week that the discovery phase of the class-action lawsuit will proceed, according to Bloomberg. The judge wants Apple to begin turning over relevant documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers by May 17.
Apple tried unsuccessfully to dismiss the case outright, arguing that the plaintiffs did not identify a "single, concrete injury inflicted on any one of the plaintiffs." The company declined to comment after Koh's ruling was handed down.
The class-action suit has accused Apple of collecting geographical data from users' iPhones even after they said, through settings in the iOS mobile operating system, that they didn't want such information shared.
Location services on the iPhone gained significant attention last year, when a pair of researchers found that iOS was keeping a database file with personal location data. The company quickly released a software update to address the issue.
However, Apple was still hit with lawsuits over Apple's data collection, as users complained in lawsuits that they felt felt the company was "tracking people wherever they go." The issue stemmed from an error in the iOS software that continued to collect location data, in an attempt to improve location services, even after a user had turned off location services on their iPhone.
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Oh, is this the location data thing, again?
That's fine. As long as Google, Facebook, et. al. are also brought to trial over this (and their other data thefts). Otherwise it's hypocrisy.
Why doesn't AI just use a couple of article templates, saving a lot of time writing repetitive stories. Have one for "Lawsuit alleges <fill in the blank>" and another for "<Fill> files patent infringement suit for <fill> use of <fill>". Then simply repeat most of the prior writing pertaining to lawsuits. That would cover a good deal of the recent articles wouldn't it?
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Originally Posted by Gatorguy
Why doesn't AI just use a couple of article templates, saving a lot of time writing repetitive stories. Have one for "Lawsuit alleges <fill in the blank>" and another for "<Fill> files patent infringement suit for <fill> use of <fill>". Then simply repeat most of the prior writing pertaining to lawsuits. That would cover a good deal of the recent articles wouldn't it?
Here's some headline/subject matter templates:
_________ commits Outrage against Apple!
Apple Explains Latest Gaffe Using Specious Explanations.
_________ Unfair to Apple!
Apple Beats Analyst Expectations!
again. cell tower and public wifi hotspots data are being collected. Actual GPS data is not. The end results, the plantiffs get $1 itunes gift cards while their lawyers get $1MM.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Oh, is this the location data thing, again?
That's fine. As long as Google, Facebook, et. al. are also brought to trial over this (and their other data thefts). Otherwise it's hypocrisy.
That's not what "hypocrisy" means.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Oh, is this the location data thing, again?
That's fine. As long as Google, Facebook, et. al. are also brought to trial over this (and their other data thefts). Otherwise it's hypocrisy.
So true.
I'm amazed how many use an Android device, when it is well known that they are running Google's spyware OS.
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Originally Posted by redbarchetta
That's not what "hypocrisy" means.
Singling out one company for personal information theft while ignoring it on all others (the ones who make their living off it) isn't hypocrisy?
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Singling out one company for personal information theft while ignoring it on all others (the ones who make their living off it) isn't hypocrisy?
It depends on who we're talking about? It doesn't make one a hypocrite for not suing Google, if they've never owned an Android phone.
Regardless, if I'm not mistaken, this data only ever existed on the user's device and backed up to iTunes on their computer. How can they claim Apple collected this data?
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Originally Posted by Gustav
It doesn't make one a hypocrite for not suing Google, if they've never owned an Android phone.
How is that a valid……? The organization responsible for protecting us is ignoring their responsibility when it comes to the companies that actually take your data.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
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Originally Posted by redbarchetta
That's not what "hypocrisy" means.
Singling out one company for personal information theft while ignoring it on all others (the ones who make their living off it) isn't hypocrisy?
Actually, yes. It isn't hypocrisy.
I think what you are searching for is "selective enforcement". A wholly different concept.
Hypocrisy would be if, for example, Apple were to accuse Google of data misuse, or vice versa.
This article "Apple violates users privacy" responses "its aiight"
How's that for hypocrisy?
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Originally Posted by dasanman69
Its funny, the previous article "Google violates users privacy", responses "Burn in hell Google"
This article "Apple violates users privacy" responses "its aiight"
How's that for hypocrisy?
Its APPLEINSIDER. A fan site for Apple
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Originally Posted by dasanman69
Its funny, the previous article "Google violates users privacy", responses "Burn in hell Google"
This article "Apple violates users privacy" responses "its aiight"
How's that for hypocrisy?
Yes indeed, now THAT is hypocrisy.
It would be better if it were also ironic, but unfortunately, it is par for the course.
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Originally Posted by Just_Me
Its APPLEINSIDER. A fan site for Apple
But we Apple fans should be less two-faced-- we're smarter than the average mo'
Well, considering Google's been in and out of the news on a regular basis over the past few years regarding privacy issues and still doesn't seem to give a damn, I'd say that 'burn in hell' was pretty appropriate.
Wrong.
Tallest Skil is correct.
"Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually have."
Prosecuting one company while failing to prosecute others guilty of the same thing falls well within this definition.
Dumbasses.
And I love the way you trolls have started bumping each others posts with the big 'thumbs up'.
Truly pathetically funny! (>_<)
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Oh, is this the location data thing, again?
That's fine. As long as Google, Facebook, et. al. are also brought to trial over this (and their other data thefts). Otherwise it's hypocrisy.
Judge Koh again?
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Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz
Yes indeed, now THAT is hypocrisy.
It would be better if it were also ironic, but unfortunately, it is par for the course.
How could it be hypocrisy? Apple was never accused of uploading the data to Apple servers, it was just there on the phone and in an individual users backup file on the users own computer - nowhere else. Google itself has been accused of actively harvesting data and capturing it back to corporate home base, a very different situation.
But hey, we all know that actually acknowledging fact before your posts are beat senseless with it isn't how you decide to roll.
If that were the title of the thread, and if it were true. Otherwise, no.