Apple Is Sued for Tracking Activity , When Turned Off in Users’ Settings.
Mashable reports that Tommy Mysk and
Talal Haj Bakry from software company Mysk recently looked into the issue.
The app developers found
that selecting "disable the
sharing of Device Analytics
altogether" in iOS does nothing.
iOS reportedly sends
"every tap you make" to Apple.
The discovery comes as somewhat of a surprise since Apple has been outspoken about user privacy over the past few years.
'Bloomberg' reports that a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple on Nov. 10.
The suit alleges that the tech company has violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
Instead of focusing on the specific
data that Apple is collecting.
the lawsuit targets the fact that Apple falsely lets users believe they can disable tracking in settings.
Through its pervasive and unlawful data tracking and collection business, Apple knows even the most intimate and potentially embarrassing aspects of the user’s app usage—, Via class action lawsuit against Apple.
... regardless of whether the user accepts Apple’s illusory offer to keep such activities private. , Via class action lawsuit against Apple