The Wall Street Journal reports four U.S. Congressional Democrats wrote the U.S. Federal Trade Commission urging investigation into Apple and Google's user-tracking practices on mobile devices. U.S. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., joined on a letter alleging the two companies "knowingly facilitated" the collection and sale of iOS and Android users' personal data "by building advertising-specific tracking IDs into their mobile operating systems." Editor's note: The IAPP's Joe Duball wrote on Apple and Google's user-tracking changes.
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