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Bloomberg: Apple sued over data given by iPad, iPhone

Apple Inc. has reportedly been sued over software that transmits some information from iPads and iPhones to advertisers without users’ permission.

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the lawsuit was filed on Dec. 23 in federal court San Jose, Calif.

The suit claims that the devices are telling advertisers what software is being downloaded and how much it is being used as well as a users’ location, age, gender, income, ethnicity, sexual orientation and political views.

The suit against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) by Jonathan Lalo of Los Angeles County also names the developers of applications including Pandora, Paper Toss, The Weather Channel and Dictionary.com as defendants.

Lalo’s lawyers are Scott A. Kamber and Avi Kreitenberg of KamberLaw LLC in New York.

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Skype To Unveil iPhone Video Chat At CES

A Verizon iPhone may have been accidentally confirmed in a FAQ about a FaceTime competitor posted on — and quickly removed from — the VoIP provider’s site Friday.

Skype reportedly will unveil a competitor to Apple’s FaceTime video-chatting service for the iPhone at January’s Consumer Electronics Show according to documents posted on– and quickly removed from — the Internet phone service provider’s website FAQ section on Friday.

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