As a Result of Feature Tracking - Apple Sued in South Korea

Apple's technology companies forced to pay a compensation fund of U.S. $ 950 to a South Korean lawyer who disturbed the tracking feature on his iPhone. The case of this lawsuit is the first time that happened to the giant companies from the United States.

Lawyer named Hyung-Suk Kim filed a lawsuit to court South Korea April 26. The reason, the recording location that was saved by tracking feature the iPhone is considered an invasion of privacy and freedom, so that she suffered psychological distress.

Kim demanded 1 million Korean won at Apple. Court won the case and asked the defendant to pay a sum of money for breach of privacy. "Collecting data the iPhone user's location without consent is a criminal offense that is very real," Kim said as quoted by Yonhap news agency, Friday, July 15, 2011.

Kim also made ​​a special website to encourage South Koreans claim the same. However, only about 300 people who said they would sue. In fact, South Korea has more than three million iPhone users.

For information, location data iPhone users will be stored in a file 'consolidated.db' that can not be encrypted. This data is feared could be abused by irresponsible parties.

The Apple argued there is a bug that causes the iPhone to suck more data than necessary. Apple promised to do software updates on the operating system 5 which will be released soon. Vivanews

Posted by Radians at Friday, July 15, 2011