PC Advisor
By Cameron Scott | 23 February 12 Apple, Google and other mobile platform
providers will present privacy policies for all the apps offered in their
stores as part of an agreement with the state of California. California
Attorney General Kamala Harris ...
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Calif. state attorney promises suits against data-vacuuming mobile app
makers
msnbc.com
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO — California is clamping down on nosy
mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if
they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and
computer tablets.
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Apple, Google, RIM plaster privacy warnings on prying apps
Register
By Anna Leach • Get more from this author Mobile software that meddles
with your sensitive info must have privacy polices and must display them
clearly, California's Attorney General Kamala Harris declared yesterday in
a statement agreed by all major ...
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Apple, Google consent to mobile app privacy accord
Fiercemobilecontent
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) are among six leading
technology firms that have agreed to expanded privacy protections for
consumers who download mobile applications to their smartphones and
tablets. California Attorney General Kamala D.
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Apple, Google Join California to Boost Mobile App Privacy
BusinessWeek
22 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. and Google Inc. are among six technology
companies offering platforms for mobile applications that agreed to a
privacy protocol to protect consumers, California Attorney General Kamala
Harris said.
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Mozilla Marketplace Prepares To Sell Web Apps
InformationWeek
Maker of Firefox looks beyond the browser, plans to challenge Apple,
Google, and Microsoft by introducing an app store of its own. By Thomas
Claburn InformationWeek With the coming of the Mobile World Congress next
week in Barcelona, Spain, ...
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Apple, Google, Microsoft and others commit to mobile apps privacy
Inquirer
By Dave Neal THE CALIFORNIA Attorney General's office has signed a
worldwide agreement with a number of technology firms that should ensure
security for using mobile applications. The leading players in the industry
have put their names to the ...
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Privacy Protections for Mobile App Users Pledged By Vendors
InformationWeek
California's Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, is working with six major
players in the mobile applications market to create a set of
privacy-protection standards for users of smartphone apps. The companies in
question--Amazon, Apple, Google, ...
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Apple, Google and Others in Agreement on App Privacy
New York Times (blog)
"Your personal privacy should not be the cost of using mobile apps, but
all too often it is," Ms. Harris said in a statement. The announcement
comes on the heels of the news that applications on smartphones routinely
transmit people's address book ...
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Coming Soon: Privacy Warnings on Mobile Apps
TIME
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris reached an agreement with
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research in Motion and HP–that's every company
that has a smartphone or tablet platform in the United States–to require
privacy policies for mobile apps.
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Calif. Mandates Obligatory Privacy Disclosures for Mobile Apps
PC Magazine
The agreement covers Amazon, Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and
Research In Motion, Harris said - the top platforms and marketplaces for
mobile apps. The agreement with the platforms is designed to ensure that
mobile apps comply with the ...
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Apple, Google Agree to Mobile App Privacy Rules With California
Bloomberg
The $6.8 billion market for mobile applications is expected to grow to $25
billion within four years, according to the statement. Google, based in
Mountain View, California, said in a statement that its Android software
for mobile phones already has ...
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Apple and Google targeting by Obama and California over privacy
Daily Mail
By Ted Thornhill Outrage at companies such as Apple and Google scooping up
personal data from mobile phones and internet services has led to President
Barack Obama and the state of California cracking down on the problem.
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California Requires Mobile Apps to Tighten Privacy Rules
Adweek
Rather than wait for Congress or federal regulators to act on mobile app
privacy, the state of California Wednesday announced a deal with six major
mobile app platforms to bring privacy practices in line with California law
regarding the collection of ...
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Mobile app stores to require privacy disclosures
Digital Spy
Technically, the ruling only applies to California, but it is widely
expected to set the trend for privacy policies on the global apps
marketplace, including Google Android, Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows Phone
and RIM's BlackBerry.
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California requires Google, Apple and other tech giants to enforce
privacy ...
San Jose Mercury News
By Mike Swift SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid growing worry about sensitive consumer
information being siphoned by mobile apps, state Attorney General Kamala
Harris on Wednesday announced a privacy deal with the six largest mobile
Web providers that will change ...
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California Joins Forces with Tech Giants for Mobile App Privacy
DailyTech
The state of California just upped its commitment to mobile Internet
privacy in regards to applications via a new agreement that improves
current privacy protections. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris of the State
of California Department of Justice ...
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The Growing Problem Of Privacy-Invading Mobile Apps
Forbes
Mobile device apps are all the rage. But now, people are all enraged over
the news that some apps accessed and uploaded the contents of user address
books without permission. The developers of the apps do not appear to be
bad guys.
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Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and RIM sign privacy accord
Canada.com
By Gerry Shih, Reuters February 23, 2012 10:22 AM Attorney General Kamala
D. Harris said personal privacy should not be the cost of using mobile
apps, but all too often it is. Six of the world's top consumer technology
firms have agreed to provide ...
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Apple, Google reach privacy deal, but is it enough?
Computerworld (blog)
One study cited in the California State press release found that only 5
percent of all mobile apps have a privacy policy. The big tech firms have
not yet shown significant commitment to ensuring such data transactions are
transparent and well ...
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Calif. Advances App Privacy; Symantec Privacy Woes; Foxconn Under Scrutiny
PC Magazine
That includes Amazon, Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and
Research In Motion. The agreement is designed to ensure that mobile apps
comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. Flickr Getting
New Look, HTML5 Uploader: The ...
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State requires privacy posts by mobile app makers
San Francisco Chronicle
22, 2012, that an agreement has been reached with six major mobile platform
operators to improve privacy protection for consumers which use apps that
collect private information. The largest makers of mobile devices will make
developers post clear ...
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State pledges better mobile privacy disclosures
Sydney Morning Herald
California is clamping down on invasive mobile applications, telling them
they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling
sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets. The crackdown
comes six months after California ...
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California, tech giants agree on mobile app privacy
The Republic
Speaking at a news conference in San Francisco, Harris said the agreement
seeks to bring mobile apps and app stores into compliance with California
law and better inform mobile app users of what private information they're
sharing and with whom.
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Tech firms agree to privacy protections for mobile apps
CNET
SAN FRANCISCO--California's Office of the Attorney General has gotten
agreements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and
Research In Motion to improve privacy protections on mobile apps. The
companies will require developers to ...
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Apple, Google, Amazon agree to post mobile app privacy policies
Washington Post (blog)
(Mark Lennihan - AP) Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft on Thursday agreed
to create standard privacy policies for the mobile apps they run, a sign of
industry-led privacy efforts ahead of a White House effort to strengthen
oversight of the Internet.
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What You Need to Know About Building a Mobile App for Your Brand
Mashable
Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. In case you
haven't noticed, most of your potential customers have gone mobile. Last
June, consumers began spending more time on mobile apps than on the web,
according to researcher Flurry.
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Apple signs on to mobile app privacy policy
Apple Insider
In total, the six companies represent the "majority of the mobile apps
market," California's Office of the Attorney General said in a statement.
Amazon, Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Research in Motion
have all signed the agreement.
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New Online Privacy Agreement Targets Mobile Apps
NBC Bay Area
Harris said she has reached an agreement with six leading Internet platform
operators, including Google, Apple and Microsoft, on principles for making
mobile app developers aware of the law and requiring them to observe it. If
the app developers don't ...
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California AG Kamala Harris on app privacy deal (podcast)
CNET
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced a mobile app privacy
agreement today with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and
Research In Motion. The agreement with the companies whose platforms and
app stores collectively ...
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Apple, Google and Microsoft Make Mobile Privacy Pledge
ClickZ
The agreement 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.
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