Judge: Apple can't duck iPhone tracking suit

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A lawsuit alleging Apple improperly collected data on iPhone owners will go forward, a judge ruled today. Bloomberg is reporting that the judge rejected Apple's claims that plaintiffs in the case had no standing. The suit centers around last year's revelation that iOS devices were collecting location data while in use, in order to optimize the devices' connective capabilities. The data was never actually transmitted anywhere, but plaintiffs in the trial allege that the data collection continued even after users indicated that they wanted to opt out. Apple had tried to dismiss the case, arguing that the plaintiffs had been unable to identify any "concrete injury inflicted on any one of the plaintiffs here, much less one that is traceable to

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