Privacy Concerns Over Apple Devices

Privacy watchdog groups and consumers are making their concerns known about Apple iPhones and iPads, which are collecting location data about their users.

A report at a recent technology conference in Santa Clara raised questions about how much privacy consumers surrender by carrying around a smartphone and also the responsibility of the smartphone makers to protect sensitive data in their devices.

Although researchers emphasize that there’s no evidence Apple itself has access to the data, it apparently stays on the device itself and the computers the data is backed up to.

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It's simple. Keith Mizuguchi loves to write and write and write some more. After taking a hiatus from the journalism business, he has rekindled his passion for writing over the last two years, holding a job as both a web and on-air writer for San Francisco news radio station KCBS. While he enjoys the news business, his true passions are twofold: sports and food. Bay Area born and raised, he lives in San Jose, commutes to SF and loves every minute of it. You can follow his food adventures on Twitter @foodie_keith.