About 27,000 South Koreans are suing Apple over privacy violations related to Locationgate, the location-tracking scandal that hit Apple earlier this year. Apple revealed that a software bug was collecting location information from cell phone towers and Wi-Fi hotspots and storing it on the phone without user authorization. This data was also transferred to the computer when a user synced their handset via iTunes. Acknowledged by Apple as glitch, this data collection was fixed in a subsequent update to iOS 4.
Unfortunately for Apple, this location-tracking violates South Korean law. Apple paid three million won to the Korea Communications Commission and was successfully sued by lawyer Kim Hyeong-seok. Hyeong-seo was awarded one million won ($930) by the courts. Now that he has one victory under his belt, Hyeong-seo is ready to try again. This time with 27,000 people. If successful, Kim could net his clients about 27.6 billion won (about US$25.7 million as of this writing) total.
27 thousand South Koreans sue Apple over privacy concerns originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/17/27-thousand-south-koreans-sue-apple-over-privacy-concerns/
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