A class-action lawsuit filed in federal court alleges Apple uses the location service function on iPhones to spy on customers and give their private information to third parties, Courthouse News Service reports. Chen Ma, the lead plaintiff, has sued on behalf of approximately 100 million iPhone users alleging privacy violations. "In or around September 2012, Apple released iPhone 4, which contains an iOS operating system software that enables iPhone 4 to track its users’ whereabouts down to every minute, record the duration that users stay at any given geographical point and periodically transmit these data stored on the users' devices to Apple's database for future references," the complaint alleges.
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