Mobile Privacy Bill proposed by two Senators

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Al Franken

A new mobile privacy bill has been proposed by two senators, following an uproar through the media about Google and Apple devices capable of tracking and collecting information about the user of a mobile device. The upset – which has been labeled “Locationgate” – began in April 2011 when an open source application was released by two British researchers, allowing Apple customers to see what data was being stored on their 3G iPads and iPhones regarding their locations. The shake-up soon came to include Google customers and their devices, as…

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