Texas and several other American States began to conduct a preliminary investigation into alleged deception on the part of Apple. About it reports the edition Axios, citing Texas attorney General’s office.
In the document of March 27, the attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton indicated that the Department of consumer protection, his office initiated this investigation in order to ensure compliance with the rule of law. It is noted that in case of discovery of abuse, the Department will begin the legal process.
However, what abuse have become the subject of an investigation, is not specified. In the document also not reported, which States, except Texas suspected Apple of deceit.
In may, Apple was accused of mass wiretapping of users using voice assistant Siri. The allegation of violation of consumers ‘ rights amounted to Le Boniek Tom (Thomas le Bonniec), who has previously worked with Apple on the subcontract. He noted that despite a public apology from the American Corporation, she continues to record and analyze the conversations of users, thereby violating the basic civil rights of the population. A letter was sent to all the offices of the European regulators involved in control of data collection and storage.
