Apple Sued By iTunes Customers Over Alleged Data Misuse (cnet.com) 29
Three iTunes customers have filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of sending personal user data to third parties to boost its revenues. "It is alleged that Apple is selling, renting or disclosing full names, addresses, genres of music and specific titles of songs purchased on the iTunes Store app on iPhones without consent or notification," reports CNET. From the report: According to documents filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday, Apple does this "to supplement its revenues and enhance the formidability of its brand in the eyes of mobile application developers," the lawsuit alleges. "None of the information pertaining to the music you purchase on your iPhone stays on your iPhone," the lawsuit further alleges. "While Apple profits handsomely from its unauthorized sale, rental, transmission and/or disclosure of its customers' Personal Listening Information, it does so at the expense of its customers' privacy and statutory rights."
First reported by Bloomberg, the plaintiffs -- Leigh Wheaton from Rhode Island, and Jill Paul and Trevor Paul from Michigan -- allege third parties then use this data to append several more categories, including age, gender, income, educational background and marital status. This "enhanced" data is then allegedly sold on to other third parties, the lawsuit says. The plaintiffs are representing other iTunes customers in their respective states, seeking $250 for Rhode Island class-action members under the Video, Audio, And Publication Rentals Privacy Act and $5,000 for Michigan class-action members under the Preservation of Personal Privacy Act.
First reported by Bloomberg, the plaintiffs -- Leigh Wheaton from Rhode Island, and Jill Paul and Trevor Paul from Michigan -- allege third parties then use this data to append several more categories, including age, gender, income, educational background and marital status. This "enhanced" data is then allegedly sold on to other third parties, the lawsuit says. The plaintiffs are representing other iTunes customers in their respective states, seeking $250 for Rhode Island class-action members under the Video, Audio, And Publication Rentals Privacy Act and $5,000 for Michigan class-action members under the Preservation of Personal Privacy Act.
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I consider it an important practice to NEVER read an EULA. Because I want to be consistent, so if it ever comes up in a legal setting, I can say that I NEVER read EULAs.
I haven't yet run into one that didn't let me click through without reading it.
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When you see Trump in prison and he asks you what you did to get Federal time, trying to square you up to decide which one was the bitch, don't tell him you fraudulently clicked through EULA warnings. He has no idea what that means.
You attempting to shoehorn a "Trump is a criminal" narrative into a discussion about EULA is a perfect example of TDS.
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I consider it an important practice to NEVER read an EULA. Because I want to be consistent, so if it ever comes up in a legal setting, I can say that I NEVER read EULAs.
I haven't yet run into one that didn't let me click through without reading it.
Considering EULAs are not legally binding most places, that is perfectly sane, it would be pointless to actually read their legal fanfiction.
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I know damn well none of you actually READ that fucking thing (neither did I)
Once, on a very slow day, I actually went through the entire thing. I recall it being a surprisingly straightforward read. For a EULA, of course.
At this point I have no recollection of anything specific that was covered in it, but I'd assume that—if Apple were doing something like this—they'd have it covered in the EULA. Even so, people can sue anyone over anything, regardless of the merits of their allegations, and the article makes no mention whatsoever of the plaintiff's basis for why they th
Privacy as a luxury good (Score:2)
Considering that privacy is a luxury good [macrumors.com] now, if you'd bought the right iPhone app [businessinsider.com], they would have been able to tell you could afford it and would have left your data alone.
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Privacy is not a luxury item.
Privacy is a counterfeit item.
Real privacy is achieved by buying less things. And more land.
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Land purchases are public information, right?
Allegedly sol to whom? (Score:3)
Is there any information on whom Apple allegedly sold the information to? For how much? How they categorize those sales in their 10-K?
I can allege a lot of vague things, that doesn't mean anyone should believe me.
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That's why you go to court, right?
Total bullshit (Score:2)
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Apple doesn't know my age, and they don't know my income, so they are absolutely unable to give my age and income to anyone.
Apple is being accused of sharing the full name, address, and purchase details "genres of music and specific titles of songs purchased." Third parties then are accused of appending data from "... several more categories, including age, gender, income, educational background and marital status." to form a dataset that is then sold to still other third parties. So Apple wouldn't need to know your age or income in this scenario.
If the claim is true, it would seem to contradict claims by Apple that any perso
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That's exactly the purpose of a court. Evidence does not exist until a court makes it so.
Plaintiff: "Your Honor, we request this be marked as Exhibit A."
Your Honor: "Does the defendant agree?"
This Is Impossible (Score:1)
Need details (Score:2)
This is one of those situations where the details are so critical that it's not even worth forming an opinion yet.
From the description of the suit, it sounds like some luddites who only think they know what's going on, but it would be fooling to decide either way right now.
These kinds of cases should rightfully be terrifying to Apple, because if they are caught red handed selling people's info, then their entire "We heart your privacy" rhetoric, and one of the single biggest reasons to put up with Apple's i