After the ruckus went on about Apple collection user location data even after users set the geo-location feature off on their devices has taken a new twist. Apple has been accused of using sensitive user location data without the users consent, in the same case U.S Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal ordered Apple to furnish all documents including the email exchanges between the late CEO Steve Jobs, Phill Schiller and Scott Frostall but Apple has been reluctant saying that it furnished all the documents in its possession.
Judge Grewal responded by saying that Apple’s efforts to prove its compliance is unacceptable and that Apple had provided enough proof by itself that it had possession of move documents that could prove valuable to this case. Apple waited more than three months after Grewal’s order given in November to verify its compliance.
Grewal ordered that as an immediate remedy to the issue in hand, Apple has to submit a detailed report of its efforts to furnish the required documents to the court. Apple has to submit details about the search terms it used to identify the mail and documents, the dates of searches, individuals subject to the searches and how many documents it turns up.
So far, Apple has resisted all court orders by trying to prove that the plaintiff were unable to demonstrate harm or to even prove their claims.
The court also ordered Apple to release documents related to its app approval process to know more details about the fair process to which Apple said it cannot furnish those documents because it would endanger their trade secrets.