Lawmakers ask FTC to investigate mobile tracking by Apple, Google [telecom]

Jun 28, 2022 0 Replies

By Monica AllevenJun 24, 2022 12:14pm



Apple and Alphabet's Google are in the crosshairs again as four lawmakers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate how they use their mobile phone operating systems to track consumers.



The Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to FTC Chair Lina Khan saying that Apple and Google knowingly facilitated harmful practices "by building advertising-specific tracking IDs into their mobile operating systems," the Wall Street Journal reported.



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