Six tech firms agreed to post privacy polices before mobile apps are downloaded
California's Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that a deal was reached with six major technology firms wherein all of them have agreed to post privacy policies providing details on how they would collect personal information before mobile apps are downloaded.
The agreement was reached with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard.
Some 22 of the 30 most-downloaded apps don't have privacy policies, Harris told Reuters.
Though California's 2004 Online Privacy Protection Act requires privacy disclosures, Harris said only few mobile developers had abided by it in recent years as there was confusion on whether it applied to mobile apps.
Harris said, "Most mobile apps make no effort to inform users about how personal information is used. The consumer should be informed of what they are giving up."
There are said to be around almost 600,000 applications available for sale in the Apple App Store and 400,000 in Google's Android Market, added Harris.
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