Google and Apple Know Where You Are, Maybe

Date: 04/02/2014
Source: Text Book Management Information Systems For The Information Age, by Haag/Cummings (Pg29)  McGraw-Hill book

In this closing case study, it though about how discoveries were made regarding location tracking by Apple Iphones and Ipads and Google Android smartphones in April 2011. Pete Wardens and Alasdair Allan, British researchers discovered how list detailed on where Allan been over 300 days being provided by Allan's Iphone.together with time stamp for each location. How do you feel when those organization know exactly where you are at the specific time ?

Senator Al Franken, Democrat from Minnesota stated that," People have the right to know who is getting this information and how (it) is shared and used. Federal laws do far too little to protect this information.....No one wants to stop Apple or Google  from producing their product, but congress must find a balance between all those wonderful benefits and the public's right to privacy.
However, Apple comes out with the statement apple Iphones and Ipads only gather information nearby to cell tower and Wi-Fi hot spots andf never exposed to the third party all the information without consumer consent.Apple never track user's location and don't have planning to do so. but will continue sending nearby cell tower and Wi-Fi hot spot location data but only lat for 7 days only.
Same with Google were they admit that their device do harvest location data for marketing purpose, but the information is not traceable to individual users. they did ask Android user if they would like to turn off the location device features. If option in,all data made anonymous.

Below is link on our discussion based on the case study question.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2kdMOArgVSWcUdOQ0tmUmRab0U/edit?usp=sharing