ID: IRCNE2012061529
Date: 2012-06-19
According to “ZDNet”, starting with the upcoming iOS 6, Apple will require apps to get explicit user permission before accessing contacts, calendars, reminders and photos.
Tthe following was added to the “Data Privacy” section in Apple’s iOS 6 Release Notes:
In addition to location data, the system now asks the user’s permission before allowing third-party apps to access certain user data, including:
- Contacts
- Calendars
- Reminders
- Photo Library
For contact, calendar, and reminder data, your app needs to be prepared to be denied access to these items and to adjust its behavior accordingly.
The move follows a privacy uproar earlier this year when social network app Path was discovered uploading users’ complete address book to its servers.
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