South Koreans To Sue Apple Over Privacy Violation Of iPhone User Information

A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans have filed a lawsuit against Apple for a whopping $26 million, claiming privacy violations on the collection of iPhone user location information. Apple spokesman Steve Park in Seoul has declined to comment on the situation.

Apple has faced serious complaints and criticisms after it was known in April that user’s location information were being stored by the iPhone to nearby cellphone towers and Wi-Fi hot spots for up to a year.

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