Wednesday 20 March 2013

Apple may face fines over documents in privacy lawsuit

Judge notes dramatic increase in document discovery as a result of court's review, suggesting sanctions may be in order.



A judge scolded Apple today over however it's handled document discovery during a privacy case, warning that the iPhone maker could face court-ordered penalties.

Noting that Apple's document production "has over doubled since the court got concerned," U.S. judge decide Paul S. Grewal steered plaintiffs' attorneys pursue sanctions against Apple, in step with a Bloomberg account of the proceedings.

During a hearing these days in San Jose, Calif., Grewal asked Apple lawyers why documents were submitted solely once the court ordered a review of its document-production method. It "doesn't sound such as you did a lick of work" to confirm staff were properly decisive that documents ought to be turned over.

"We've had near a dozen those who should've come back up and did not come back up" in previous requests for data, Grewal same. "In light-weight of that method, however am I to own any confidence that the procedure now could be best" than before, Grewal asked.

An Apple lawyer responded by admitting that the documents in hand "absolutely should've been collected and that they were not" and promising that it might not happen once more.

CNET has contacted Apple for comment and can update this report after we learn a lot of.

The suit, filed in 2011, accuses Apple of violating privacy laws by keeping a log of user locations via iPhone although customers had turned off geolocation capabilities. Apple has fought against 
providing bound documents that it says contain sensitive data that would damage the corporate and uncountable its customers if it fell into the incorrect hands.

The plaintiffs same in an exceedingly motion earlier this month that they were "shocked to be told that Apple didn't review the files of senior executives, like Steve Jobs." Grewal same at the time that it absolutely was "unacceptable" that Apple had waited quite 3 months to form positive it had complied together with his Gregorian calendar month documents order, adding that he might not regarding in what Apple told him about documents within the case.

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