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Kyu Won Shim

IPhone Users in South Korea Sue Apple for Collecting Data Without Consent - Bloomberg - 0 views

  • A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect location data without their consent.
  • About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million won per person ($930) in damages,
  • Apple was fined by South Korea’s telecommunications regulator on Aug. 3 and ordered to encrypt location data of people using iPhones to address privacy concerns.
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  • Apple was fined 3 million won for collecting such data even when some users turned off location-recognition features on their iPhones, the Korea Communications Commission said Aug. 3. Google Inc
  • Earlier this year, Apple was sued in the U.S. by two iPhone and iPad users who claimed the devices secretly collected information on their movements.
  • “I’m an iPhone user myself, so when I first heard about this in the media, I reviewed the legality of the matter based on Korean law,” Kim Hyeong Seok, an attorney for the plaintiffs
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    Iphone user in South Korea sued I phone because it damage their private life
Hanna Anderson

E.U. sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 scaled back - latimes.com - 0 views

  • Samsung's Galaxy Tab
  • 10.1 is back on sale in the European Union
  • , except in Germany
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  • dispute between Samsung and Apple.
  • Samsung has agreed to halt Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia until its patent dispute with Apple can be sorted out.
  • Apple has sued Samsung in the U.S., Europe and Australia,
  • accusing Samsung of ripping off its iPhone and iPad
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