Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users’ locations to deliver ads
Posted on | June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you are planning a crime make sure you don’t carry Apple’s iPhone or the iPad.
Why? They can trace your location and and are willing to share it. It will help the advertisers to send targeted ads to you.
You can opt-out targeted ads if you wish to do so but not out of their location tracking.
The updated privacy policy for mac, iphone and ipad excerpt from ilounge
Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising services to control the number of times you see a given ad, deliver ads that relate to your interests, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. If you do not want to receive ads with this level of relevance on your mobile device, you can opt out by accessing the following link on your device: http://oo.apple.com. If you opt out, you will continue to receive the same number of mobile ads, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on your interests. You may still see ads related to the content on a web page or in an application or based on other non-personal information. This opt-out applies only to Apple advertising services and does not affect interest-based advertising from other advertising networks.
Please note that even though this affects all Apple products, it is particularly useful on on its mobile devices like the iPhone and the iPad.
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July 9th, 2010 @ 9:14 am
Mobile advertising would continue to grow as more and more mobile phone users get hooked on texting and mobile browsing.~’,