Rep. Hank Johnson last week introduced into the U.S. House a new bill that could considerably change mobile app development. The bipartisan legislation would require application developers to gain explicit consent from consumers before collecting their data. It also would require developers to secure that data and to tell consumers how long it would be stored. There have been a number of privacy issues regarding mobile apps in recent years involving almost all the major players in this space.
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Mobile App Privacy Bill Likely to Languish
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 13, 2013 03:25 PMRep. Hank Johnson last week introduced into the U.S. House a new bill that could considerably change mobile app development. The bipartisan legislation would require application developers to gain explicit consent from consumers before collecting their data. It also would require developers to secure that data and to tell consumers how long it would be stored. There have been a number of privacy issues regarding mobile apps in recent years involving almost all the major players in this space.