According to the Wall Street Journal, four Democratic U.S. lawmakers called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Apple and Alphabet’s Google, saying the two companies collected and sold the personal data of mobile phone users. Information engages in unfair and deceptive conduct.
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U.S. lawmakers said in a signed letter to FTC Chairman Lina Khan that Apple and Google ” by placing specific advertising tracking IDs in their mobile operating systems, deliberately for these harmful activities Facilitation of conduct”.
The letter pointed out that Apple and Google still enable tracking ID by default, and Apple requires users to perform complex settings to turn it off, while Google does not provide an opt-out option. These IDs simply generate a message that connects to a device that the customer can use to connect to other data about the consumer.
