When Congress calls, response from Apple. According to CNet , general counsel and Apples vice president of legal and government affairs, Bruce Sewell, did not send two congressmen 13-page letter detail, and why Apples policies and procedures for collecting data based the location.
The letter is in response to a query sent last month by the Co-Bi-Partisan House Privacy Caucus, Ed Markey(D-MA) and Joe Barton(R-TX), Apples CEO Steve Jobs, calling him explanation of recent changes in Apples privacy policy dealing with location information.
Before directly answering questions congressmen, Sewell basin review the privacy policy clarification from Apple, location-based services and applications from other companies.
According to the document, and Apple does not collect information based on location to provide services, the company avoids most of storage and, if so, the data is not linked to any personal information. These principles include the various models and to IPAD iPhone and Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Safari 5th
Among the more interesting tidbits revealed in response to Apple is that as IOS 3.2 Apples mobile version of the software that first sent to the IPAD the company is no longer based on the location databases provided by partners, Google and Skyhook Wireless. Previously, Apple gave the location information to these companies, in order to determine the location of cell tower and access point Wi-Fi, respectively. At this time, however, Apple apparently used information from mobile devices to create its own database information about the location of both cellular towers and Wi-Fi access points that the database is only available through Apple itself. Equipment from previous versions of Apples mobile software continues to use a different database.
document also sheds some light on Apples new IAD network, launched earlier this month. In this case, Apple claims that the latitude and longitude information gathered from a mobile device immediately becomes a five-digit zip code, latitude and longitude information is discarded, but the postal code are stored. Apples plans for data retention period of six months in order to improve the IAD and prevent users from seeing duplicate ads, after that period is up, the information will be aggregated. As previously reported, users can easily opt out of data collection if they so desire.
In all cases, Apple points out that this requires user consent before collecting any information, location-based, and it provides an easy way to turn off the location-based services in any product which has the ability. It also requires that developers who distribute software through the mobile App Store, compliance with various regulations relating to data collection.
Apple document states, in response to nine questions related to the congressmen, and saying that actions][congressmen regarding the collection and misuse of location data. Statements by Representatives Markey and Barton both seemed satisfied with the response from Apple.

Via: Apple location of the collection of information policy of the U.S. Congress
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