Following up on the news that the iPhone and Android smartphones allow app developers to access photos and personal information without users’ permission, Sen. Charles Shumer (D-N.Y.) has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to investigate. “[S]martphone makers should be required to put in place safety measures to ensure third party applications are not able to violate a user’s personal privacy by stealing photographs or data that the user did not consciously decide to make public,” he wrote.
Separately, two members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him to clarify the company’s privacy policies and safeguards.
