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Apple compensates user for tracking feature
2011-07-15
Apple had to compensate South Korean user over a feature in its smartphone which can track the location of users. Apple had paid one million won ($950) to iPhone user Kim Hyung-Suk, complying with a compensation order from a court in the southern city of Changwon. Kim, a 36-year old lawyer, filed suit against Apple on 26 April 2011.
He said, "Smartphone's location recording infringed on his constitutional rights to privacy and freedom and caused psychological stress."
He demanded one million and the court ordered Apple to pay the sum for violating his privacy. Apple Korea said it had not raised an objection to the order
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