One of the many cases Apple will most likely face has now been filed in federal court in Tampa in United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
The suit seeks to create a class-action of affected customers, and initially names an Apple iPhone customer in Tampa, Vikram Ajjampur, and an Apple Dell vostro 1520 battery Dell d630 battery customer in New York state, William Devito, who owns an Apple iPad.
Apple iPhones have long tracked its location for a variety of reasons, partly so customers can use location-based maps, coupon generators and restaurant recommendations, as well as a service to help customers find phones they lost.
The lawsuit filed in Tampa broadly claims that Apple violated customer's privacy, as well as a slew of rules, certain state or federal laws. And since Apple devices keep an unencrypted copy of that log, the suit says Apple benefits from the value of that data.
Other security consultants have found that Apple iPhones Hp 510 battery Hp 6735b battery and iPads keep a running log of customer locations, even if customers turn off the location service on their device settings. Apple has not officially commented on the location issue.
The suit broadly quotes a series of news articles on the Apple privacy issue. "It is unconscionable," the suit claims, "to allow Apple to continue unlawfully and without proper consent tracking Plaintiffs and proposed Class members. If Apple wanted to track the whereabouts of each of its products' users, it should have obtained specific, particularized informed consent such that Apple consumers across America would not have been shocked and alarmed to learn of Apple's practices in recent days."
The suit notes customers carry their iPhones and iPads "to essentially every location they travel to, making the information collected by Apple highly personal; indeed, in many instances it may be information to which employers and spouses are not privy.
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The lawyer filing the suit, Charleston, S.C.-based Aaron Mayer, said he was initially contacted by several iPhone users who were shocked that their location was being tracked.
Even if customers clicked "I accept" on a terms and conditions page in Apple software, that contract has lost much of its meaning, Mayer said, as it now stretches to hundreds of pages.
His firm has recently filed several consumer-related suits against companies like Kraft regarding the nutrition content and claims of their foods.
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