Consumer watchdogs call for more transparency at Apple, Google

The International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) demands from Apple and Google more transparency in informing customers about using their data. Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), which is a member of the ICPEN, emphasized in a press release that "for the first time so many consumer protection authorities from different countries joined forces to induce companies to change unfavorable practices."

According to UOKiK, the problem is that applications downloaded on mobile phones often ask consumers for access to various data and that it is not possible to download some applications without granting such access.

(PAP)