SE An article, “Is Your iPhone More Like ISpy?” from www.internetnews.com dated November 20, 2007 mentions that Apple may be secretly tracking user activity. For example when stock quotes or weather forecasts are requested via the iPhone the phone identification number, International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), gets sent to Apple. Another possibility is that the usage number, Universally Unique Identifiers, (UUID) is tracked without relaying personal information. How much information is being gathered and what is being done with this information is still unknown.
This practice does not directly affect drug information database use after the program has been downloaded onto the iPhone. What this may mean for some people is that they decide not to buy the iPhone technology and use another hand held device for their drug information searches. SE
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TL: This is an interesting posting. I imagine the information is being used for marketing purposes, but it is a bit concerning that the information is being collected "secretly." It is unsettling to know that personal information is being collected without your knowledge or consent. This would certainly make me lean toward using a different handheld device to store personal information.
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