#Twitter Tweaks Its Privacy Guidelines After Storing Address Book Data

Twitter vows to be more transparent with its users, as Apple says that apps which collect user data violate the company's guidelines for developers

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Twitter says it will make privacy guidelines more explicit. Photograph: Martin Keene/PA

Twitter says it will make privacy guidelines more explicit after it admitted copying entire address books from people's smartphones and storing the information on its servers, according to reports.

Both the micro-blogging service and Apple, whose iPhone offers the Twitter app, have come under fire following the revelation.

Reports say that two US congressmen have written to Apple asking why the firm allows the practice on its iPhone, as it contravenes app developer guidelines....read more

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