Apple sued again for collecting location data

By on May 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM
mobile May 12, 2011

A lawsuit has been filed against Apple, Pandora, and The Weather Channel in the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico that alleges Apple “intentionally [intercepts] personally identifying information.” The plaintiff, Lymaris M. Rivera Diaz, is charging Apple with unfair trade practices, abuse and fraud, and he believes that Apple shares the iPhone’s unique ID, as well as personal location information, with third party developers such as The Weather Channel and Pandora. Apple’s vice president of software technology, Bud Tribble, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Tuesday, and said “Apple does not track users’ locations,” and that the Cupertino-based company has no plans to do so. This is the second lawsuit filed against Apple in regards to the location tracking scandal; The first was filed in Tampa, Florida late last month.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Kroh/509408139 Eric Kroh

    wow!..money hungry people everywhere!..there are apps that require your location which I dont mind unless I allow it..but if the iphone tracks where I am.. isnt that why there is google maps incase someone uses it in their car..I doubt there is a way to turn this off.

  • Anonymous

    These are all lies since Apple isn’t capable of tracking anything, especially if it involves any kind of data. And, definitely not capable of recording cell towers within a one hundred mile radius, as they claim, since Apple can’t even get their phones to connect to a cell tower one block away from those CRAPPPPPPPY devices.

  • Anonymous

    I understand this. If I was in Puerto Rico I wouldn’t want anyone to know, either.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

    Why not sue VZW along with those three. We know ATT isn’t able to transmit or receive any data.

  • Anonymous

    Damn lawyers!

  • Helmholtz

    I would be really interested to read the complaint. Specifically, I’d like to see the causes of action and the facts as pleaded. My hunch is that there might not be sufficient facts in the pleading to survive SJ, at least under the heightened pleadings’ standard post-Iqbal/Twombly. At least from what has been made public so far, I’m not seeing any blatant laws broken.

    It’s potentially baseless lawsuits like this that those decisions were, in part, designed to deal with at an early state of litigation.

    I’d also question whether Diaz has standing to challenge Apple under an unfair trade practices claim. Assuming Diaz isn’t in the “trade,” there’s no personal and particularized injury. It’s possible Congress created a procedural cause of action in this area, a citizen suit provision. But then again, maybe they didn’t.

    If anyone with more knowledge in this area wants to weigh in, I’d be interested.

    • AnonGuy

      I think the unfair trade practices thing has to do with sharing personal information with third parties.

      I think the main issue is that Apple ties iOS to their devices so if you want an iOS device you have no choice but to allow them to share your information (if they even do it, I’m not saying they do). It’s not like Android where if you think HTC is sharing info you can just throw it in the trash and get a Samsung or Motorola Phone…

  • http://twitter.com/ChazClout ChazClout

    When will the stupidity end?

  • IamEzio

    peaple are so dumb this days ..

  • Lechero

    free time must be really nice.

  • Alexander530

    I wonder why they’re drilling Apple on this while malicious hackers are being left alone and getting away with creating malwares left and right. Hmmmm.

  • 1T2dirtnap

     People will do anything for a buck, or millions bucks. I’m sure they won’t get a penny but why not take a change. You might just hit the jackpot..

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