Apple has been fined almost $ 3000 for a mobile surveillance

According to The Associated Press, The Korean Communications Commission (Korean Communications Commission - KCC) today announced that it has awarded Apple a fine of 3 million Korean won, or $ 2830 for "illegal" gathering data about the location of users iPhone.

Apple through their actions on collecting radar data violates existing laws of Korea, and so companies have to pay a designated fine. Previously, the company has kupertinovskoy had to pay financial penalties of $ 1 million won, or $ 946, according to lawsuit filed by an individual user iPhone.

Fact gathering information about the location of the iPhone has attracted attention in this April, when two security experts found in iOS 4 hidden file stored on the database location of users. Apple commented on the situation in a week, explaining that the file is actually a "database of hotspots Wi-Fi and cellular towers near your current location User" and the purpose of collecting such information - provision of determining the location faster than they can modern technology to make GPS. In its official statement, Apple has assured its users that does not track the location of the iPhone, and tries to provide better service.

Then, Apple quickly released an update fixes the error accumulation of radar data for the period longer than is necessary. IOS 4.3.3 update was released in early May, and reduced the size of the file to the database, it excluded the backup feature in iTunes and added the ability to disable the collection of radar data is completely shutdown options Location Services.

In response to the decision of the Democratic committee to impose a fine in connection Apple representative in Seoul, Steve Park (Steve Park) confirmed earlier voiced his company's position that there is no intention to keep track of their users. South Korea is actively responds to events associated with the use of different methods of location tracking mobile users. In May, police have even resorted to a search of offices Google, checking out the illegal collection of personal data of users.