Just like Google is from their Android platform, Apple is collecting various bits of data from your iPhone 4 – the issue is ever pressing as it’s location based data in particular that have some users concerned. Though the biggest outcry seems to be coming from Germany consumer protection ministry, demanding that Apple make their data transparent to users.
From Reuters,
Apple Inc must “immediately make clear” what data it collects from users of its products and for what purposes, Germany’s justice minister was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel magazine on Saturday.
Germany is particularly interested in what kinds of data Apple is collecting and how long they’re keeping it.
According to Der Spiegel, the minister’s criticism was aimed at changes Apple has made in its privacy policy whereby the company can collect data on the geographic location of the users of its products – albeit anonymously.
More than likely Apple probably isn’t profiling anyone, though between ad targeting services and analytics, whose to know what’s happening with your personal information?
