Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others agree to disclose app privacy policies prior to download

There's been a lot of talk in recent weeks about what mobile apps do with personal data, highlighted by Path's practice of uploading contact lists to its servers without first informing users. In...


Made popular at 3:02 am February 23, posted in news at TheVerge
http://theverge.com/2012/2/22/2817751/apple-google-microsoft-app-privacy-policy-disclosure

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