Nov 9
Storm8 sued for illegal harvest of users’ phone numbers
iPhone developer Storm8 has been served with a class action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting and transmitting its users’ phone numbers without prior consent or notification.
Storm8 publishes a lineup of popular multiplayer online role-playing games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, including World War, iMobsters, and Vampires Live.
The suit, filed by Washington resident Michael Turner alleges Storm8 of the following:
“accessing, collecting, and transmitting without notice or consent the wireless telephone numbers of iPhone users who download Storm8’s games to their iPhones via Apple’s App Store.”
Read more about it here.
[via Gamasutra]
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