Apple, Google Tap Phone Location Data: WSJ

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[<p>Apple's iPhones and Google's Android phones phones regularly transmit such data to Apple and Google as the two build databases that could help them tap a market for location-based services, the Journal reported, citing data and documents the Wall Street Journal had analyzed.<br> <br>The paper cited a research by security analyst Samy Kamkar that said the HTC Android phone sent such information several times every hour after collecting the data every few seconds.<br><br>Google and Apple were not immediately available for comment to Reuters late on Thursday.<br> <br>The phone also sent information about wireless Internet networks in the area, the paper said.<br><br>The iPhone transmits data about the user's location and Wi-Fi networks to itself every 12 hours, the paper said.<br><br>(Reuters)</p>