{"id":471,"date":"2011-05-11T10:13:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T10:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:13","slug":"protecting-mobile-privacy-hearing-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/protecting-mobile-privacy-hearing-held\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cProtecting Mobile Privacy\u201d Hearing Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/auction.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"auction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/auction.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-472 lazyload\" title=\"auction\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/auction.gif\"><\/a>Yesterday, representatives from Google, Apple and others were called to be witnesses in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled \u201cProtecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones, and Your Privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue is how much of our information is being collected via smartphones, tablets and cell phones, who is collecting it, and for what purpose?&nbsp; Another concern being addressed is what happens to the personal data when the collecting company no longer needs it?&nbsp; In the recent Sony PlayStation story, where user information was hacked and stolen, a lot of the data being held was no longer actually needed or being used by Sony.&nbsp; So why were they holding it?<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s appearance at the hearing served two purposes: 1) to question them about location tracking and 2) to inquire about how Apple was addressing the App Store applications that were sharing information with third parties without consent.&nbsp; Here is a snippet from the USA Today live blog covering the hearing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c12:25 p.m.&nbsp; ET: Sen. 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