. Apple remained silent as Path and other developers were called out for ostensibly stealing users' contact data. Without asking for permission or even notifying users at all, these apps would transmit a user's full address book to remote servers where the data would be stored for later reference. But as BGR mentioned in our post explaining how to prevent these sneaky apps from stealing contact data, Apple was partially at fault for letting these apps into the App Store.
Boy Genius Report, Apple amends policy to stop iPhone apps from swiping contact data
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