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iTunes Now Asks for Consent Before Collecting Data

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 18, 2006in Personal Tech, Privacy

Following up on the earlier story about the new Apple iTunes MiniStore feature that collects and sends user data to Apple, Cory Doctorow reports that iTunes now asks for explicit user consent before activating this feature: The MiniStore was switched…

Latest iTunes Update Raises Privacy Issues

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 12, 2006in Personal Tech, Privacy1 Comment

Privacy.org reports on the buzz regarding a new iTunes feature recently added in version 6.0.2 may be communicating information on the song you are listening to Apple, raising privacy concerns. A "Mini Store" pane has been added to the main…