One company's database has Mark Zuckerberg's cell phone number, Larry Ellison's home phone number and Bill Gates' cell phone number. This data is not meant to be public, and people have an expectation of privacy with respect to their contacts." ...

"We're working to make this even better for our customers, and as we have done with location services, any app wishing to access contact data will require explicit user approval in a future software release." In a letter addressed to Apple chief...

"We're working to make this even better for our customers, and as we have done with location services, any app wishing to access contact data will require explicit user approval in a future software release." In a letter addressed to Apple Chief...

That's a major breach of trust, and a real privacy hazard. Path has apologized, saying that they'll be deleting the stored data. That's all well and good, but Congress wants to know whether a situation like Pathgate could happen again. In a letter to...

"This incident raises questions about whether Apple's iOS app developer policies and practices may fall short when it comes to protecting the information of iPhone users and their contacts," committee member Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) wrote in a...

Earlier today, Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him about iOS apps that have harvested users' address book information without permission. Waxman and Butterfield cited reports that...