Apple should immediately disclose the details of the location data it is collecting from handhelds, says Germany's federal justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger. The terms of the iTunes Store were recently amended to grant Apple and its partners the right to track the "real-time geographic location" of devices, specifically to "provide and improve location-based products and services." While in theory meant to support apps like Find My iPhone, users have no choice but to accept the terms if they want to use iTunes. Critics have also complained about
