Apple Updates Software to Fix Problems With Collecting Location Data

Apple released its promised software update for its mobile devices to fix a problem that enabled the iPhone and iPad 3G to collect customers’ locations. The update is available through Apple iTunes. When customers activate the update, they will see a screen explaining that the “update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache.” The company said the update would reduce the size of the location storage, which until now had been storing location data for up to a year. The update will also stop storing location data in iTunes when a device is backed up on a computer, and will completely erase the data from customers’ phones and tablets if they turn off Location Services.