Apple has been collecting user data, even after customers explicitly changed their settings to stop the company from doing so. Now, the company will answer questions in court, Mashable reports.
App developers and security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry from the software company, Mysk, recently found that iOS sends “every tap you make” to Apple from inside one of the company’s own apps.
According to the developers, attempts to turn this data collection off, such as selecting the Settings option “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether” did nothing to change this data collection process.
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And, as Gizmodo points out, the data being collected is quite detailed, too. A user looking at the App Store app on their iPhone would have their search data, what they tapped on, and how long they were checking out an app all sent to Apple in real-time.
A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday, claiming that Apple’s actions violate the California Invasion of Privacy Act. The lawsuit doesn’t focus so much on the fact that Apple is collecting this data. The suit highlights Apple’s settings, such as “Allow Apps to Request to Track” and “Share Analytics,” that give users the perception that they can disable such tracking.
