Path, Apple, Facebook named in mobile privacy class-action lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit was filed against 18 high-profile mobile
application companies this week, resulting out of recent reports that
these companies "steal" user address books.
The 13 individuals are bringing Path, Twitter,Apple, Facebook, Beluga,
Yelp, Burbn, Instagram,
Foursquare, Gowalla,Foodspotting, Hipster,
LinkedIn, Rovio, ZeptoLab, Chillingo, Electronic Arts, and Kik
Interactive to court in Texas. In February, it was uncovered that
these
companies actively access a user's mobile address book and transfer it
to their servers.
The reason was usually to provide users better
friend-recommendations, based on who they already knew, but without
clearly stating this intention, the companies were violating
users' rights.
"The defendants—several of the world's largest and most influential
technology and
social networking companies—have unfortunately made, distributed and sold mobile
software applications (Apps) that, once installed on a wireless mobile device,
surreptitiously harvest, upload and illegally steal the owner's
address book data without the owner's knowledge or consent," the
plaintiffs say in the filing.
The group alleges that these companies committed negligence, invasion
of privacy,
theft under the Texas Theft Liability Act, fraud, aiding and abetting
(in the case of Apple),
violations of the Texas Wiretap Act, and more.
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