Pandorabox: Inquiry opens a Pandora's box !!

U.S. court by the investigating privacy violations, Unlocked title applications, including the music service's "Pandora"

The prosecution in the State of New Jersey began investigating the allegations Sderot absorbing applications smartphones users' personal information without their permission. Wall Street Journal reported the criminal investigation is examining whether applications notify users about what information they collect (such as unique user identification code or location) and the reasons for this. Lack of a formal statement about such actions constitute a violation of federal laws. Application stands out among the investigated is that of popular music service "Pandora". A jury issued an order requiring the company documents related to the Pandora's privacy applications Unlocked iPhones produces for Android. According to the company, many in the industry have received such an order and it is not unusual. The investigation is still at an early stage and may not come into indictments, but the case and - experts say it would be a significant step, since it is a criminal. "If the administration chooses to use it - would be a big hammer," said Wall Street Journal's law professor Orin. Carr. Wall Street Journal is testing a few months ago which found that out of 101 applications in popularity - 56 broadcast the ID numbers of devices without the knowledge of users, and 47 convey the location of the device in one form or another. 5 applications sent their age and gender of the user on. Pandora application gives advertisers information including age, gender and location of the user, and identifying characteristics which phone he uses. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple and Google also were asked to provide information about applications creators. These measures come after the December 2010 recommended that the U.S. trade authority (FTC) applications include the option "Do not follow after me" to prevent such cases being investigated. Later sued Apple claiming that it allows applications in the facts of its operating system to provide advertisers with sensitive information about users.