Lawmakers Press Alphabet and Apple on Smartphone Users' Privacy
10 July 2018 - 4:11AM
Dow Jones News
By John D. McKinnon
WASHINGTON -- House lawmakers sent letters Monday to the chief
executives of Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. seeking answers about
how they handle smartphone users' personal data, including location
data.
The letters show that privacy concerns in Washington have spread
beyond Facebook Inc., which has been in regulators' and lawmakers'
crosshairs this past year over the sharing of user information with
a data-analytics firm that had ties to the Donald Trump
presidential campaign.
In the letters, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders said
recent media reports and other information have raised questions
about the companies' practices.
The lawmakers' letter to Alphabet CEO Larry Page said recent
reports indicate that its Android smartphone operating system
collects extensive user location data and reports it back to
Alphabet's Google unit even when locations services are
disabled.
use of algorithms for a number of services such as content
sharing.
Write to John D. McKinnon at john.mckinnon@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 09, 2018 13:56 ET (17:56 GMT)
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