AppleInsider StaffSan Jose-based U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled this week that the discovery phase of the class-action lawsuit will proceed, according to Bloomberg. The judge wants Apple to begin turning over relevant documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers by May 17.
Apple tried unsuccessfully to dismiss the case outright, arguing that the plaintiffs did not identify a "single, concrete injury inflicted on any one of the plaintiffs." The company declined to comment after Koh's ruling was handed down.
The class-action suit has accused Apple of collecting geographical data from users' iPhones even after they said, through settings in the iOS mobile operating system, that they didn't want such information shared.
Location services on the iPhone gained significant attention last year, when a pair of researchers found that iOS was keeping a database file with personal location data. The company quickly released a software update to address the issue.
However, Apple was still hit with lawsuits over Apple's data collection, as users complained in lawsuits that they felt felt the company was "tracking people wherever they go." The issue stemmed from an error in the iOS software that continued to collect location data, in an attempt to improve location services, even after a user had turned off location services on their iPhone.
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Oh, is this the location data thing, again?
That's fine. As long as Google, Facebook, et. al. are also brought to trial over this (and their other data thefts). Otherwise it's hypocrisy.
Why doesn't AI just use a couple of article templates, saving a lot of time writing repetitive stories. Have one for "Lawsuit alleges <fill in the blank>" and another for "<Fill> files patent infringement suit for <fill> use of <fill>". Then simply repeat most of the prior writing pertaining to lawsuits. That would cover a good deal of the recent articles wouldn't it?
Why doesn't AI just use a couple of article templates, saving a lot of time writing repetitive stories. Have one for "Lawsuit alleges <fill in the blank>" and another for "<Fill> files patent infringement suit for <fill> use of <fill>". Then simply repeat most of the prior writing pertaining to lawsuits. That would cover a good deal of the recent articles wouldn't it?
Here's some headline/subject matter templates:
_________ commits Outrage against Apple!
Apple Explains Latest Gaffe Using Specious Explanations.
_________ Unfair to Apple!
Apple Beats Analyst Expectations!
again. cell tower and public wifi hotspots data are being collected. Actual GPS data is not. The end results, the plantiffs get $1 itunes gift cards while their lawyers get $1MM.
This means nothing. The case could go to trial and Apple could pull out the Eula that everyone agreed to (without reading) that says the collection is approved so long as it is only received by Apple etc. They can't prove Apple allowed anyone else to have the data. And the judge could say Apple did nothing wrong since the only way for another party to see the info is to stel your phone and/or computer. And case over