Apple Fixes iPhone Tracking Problem

Now users can delete the data entirely
Posted May 5, 2011 5:00 AM CDT
Apple Fixes iPhone Tracking Problem
In this April 28, 2011 photo, a customer holds a white iPhone at the Apple store on New York's Upper West Side.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The uproar over the revelation that your iPhone is tracking you has led Apple to fix the problem. A software update released yesterday reduces the amount of location data stored on iPhones and iPads from a year to about a week. The iOS 4.3.3 software also allows users to delete the location log entirely by turning "Location Services" off, the Los Angeles Times reports. Click for Apple's initial explanation. (More Apple stories.)

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