{"id":8906,"date":"2018-08-08T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2267c021-2d9a-4887-8729-44e71d7de895"},"modified":"2018-08-08T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T12:09:00","slug":"the-iphone-doesnt-spy-on-users-apple-tells-us-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/the-iphone-doesnt-spy-on-users-apple-tells-us-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone doesn&#8217;t spy on users, Apple tells US lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/03\/26\/31a7bbac-f667-4462-8104-c5d0073e40fe\/thumbnail\/770x578\/8de2920cac64fff7575df738d5bd3b1e\/245138-tim-cook-introduces-iphone-4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Apple has stressed the measures it takes to protect iPhone users&#8217; privacy in response to questions by US lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The questions were partly prompted by a tightening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-limits-developer-access-to-iphone-address-book\/\">App Store rules<\/a> in June this year, when Apple banned developers from storing address book information collected from iPhones, and required apps to seek consent for each use of a user&#8217;s contact list.<\/p>\n<p>Apple made the changes in the wake of the controversy over misuse of Facebook data by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. In the days following the scandal, Apple CEO Tim Cook made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apples-tim-cook-facebooks-privacy-blunder-so-dire-we-need-regulations\/\">jabs at Facebook&#8217;s loose rules<\/a> governing how third-party developers could use personal information.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to Apple changing its rules for app developers, members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/news\/letter\/letter-to-apple-and-alphabet-ceos-on-third-party-access-audio-and-location-data-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent a letter to Cook in July<\/a>, stating the firm&#8217;s recent &#8220;actions raise questions about how Apple device users&#8217; data is protected and when it is shared and compiled&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/070918-Android-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to Google parent Alphabet CEO and co-founder Larry Page asking how Android phones reportedly collect location data from cell towers, Bluetooth beacons, and Wi-Fi hotspots, in addition to questions about rules on third-party data collection from Android phones and how Google controls this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download now:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techproresearch.com\/downloads\/password-management-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Password management policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MacRumors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2018\/08\/07\/apple-responds-to-house-on-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has published Apple&#8217;s response<\/a> from Timothy Powderly, director of federal government affairs at Apple, written on behalf of Cook.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>The letter, as Cook has done many times before, aims to distance Apple&#8217;s business model from other large tech companies accused of mass data collection, adding that &#8220;the customer is not our product&#8221; &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recode.net\/2018\/3\/28\/17172212\/apple-facebook-revolution-tim-cook-interview-privacy-data-mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which is what Cook said<\/a> when he discussed the necessity of regulation after Facebook&#8217;s Cambridge Analytica scandal.<\/p>\n<p>A section reads: &#8220;We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and purposely design our products and services to minimize our collection of customer data. When we do collect data, we&#8217;re transparent about it and work to disassociate it from the user. We utilize on device processing to minimize data collection by Apple. The customer is not our product, and our business model does not depend on collecting vast amounts of personally identifiable information to enrich targeted profiles marketed to advertisers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter also contains Apple&#8217;s response to the committee&#8217;s 16 questions.<\/p>\n<p>As Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-privacy\/apple-tells-lawmakers-iphones-are-not-listening-in-on-consumers-idUSKBN1KT04I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noted<\/a>, Apple said it rejected about one third of 100,000 apps submitted for App Store review each week because they didn&#8217;t meet its guidelines.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous and related coverage<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/facebook-was-tracking-your-text-message-and-phone-call-data-now-what\/\">Facebook was tracking your text message and phone call data. Now what?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you installed a Facebook app to your Android smartphone, odds are good that Facebook has been logging your phone calls and text message data ever since.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/facebook-promises-comprehensive-audit-of-cambridge-analytica\/\">Facebook promises &#8220;comprehensive audit&#8221; of Cambridge Analytica<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook in 2016 asked the analytics firm to delete the data collected from 50 million profiles, but Facebook never verified the company&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mark-zuckerberg-outlines-facebooks-response-to-cambridge-analytica-controversy\/\">Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook&#8217;s response to Cambridge Analytica controversy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After several days of silence, the Facebook founder and CEO calls the incident a &#8220;breach of trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/facebook-suspends-analytics-firm-that-helped-trump-campaign\/\">Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested data on 50 million Facebook profiles to help target voters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A data analytics firm used by Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign during the 2016 presidential election collected data on millions of Facebook accounts to predict how people will vote at the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/mark-zuckerberg-answers-questions-about-facebook-cambridge-analytica-privacy-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Zuckerberg answers key questions in scandal, but many remain<\/a><\/strong> (CNET)<\/p>\n<p>Facebook&#8217;s CEO says that he&#8217;s sorry about the Cambridge Analytica scandal affecting &#8220;tens of millions&#8221; and that he&#8217;d be willing to testify before Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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