Apple responds to China’s criticism of iOS frequent location feature, says it doesn’t track users
Jul14
Last Friday, Apple got into a spot of trouble in China after the country’s state broadcaster aired a news program that criticized the iPhone for tracking frequent location information. The feature is available on iOS 7, and keeps track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them. In an introduction of the feature, Apple notes that the data “is kept solely on your device and won’t be sent to Apple without your consent” — instead it is used for personalized services such as predictive traffic routing. State-run China Central Television’s news program stated that there…
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