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24 Feb '12, 8am

Google, Apple, Microsoft Agree to Mobile App Privacy Changes

Google, Apple, Microsoft Agree to Mobile App Privacy Changes

Less than a week after a Federal Trade Commission report condemned the lack of privacy policies and disclosures from mobile application providers, Google, Apple, Microsoft, HP, Research In Motion (RIM) and Amazon have agreed to improve privacy protections for their customers. The agreement, which came about after pressure from the U.S. justice system and California's attorney general, Kamala Harris, will bring the mobile application market in line with California laws, and requires all applications that collect personal data to have a privacy policy, with the principles applying to customers across the globe. "Your personal privacy should not be the cost of using mobile apps, but all too often it is," Harris said. "This agreement strengthens the privacy protections of California consumers and of millions of people around the globe who use mobile apps." Harris added that pr...

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