California data held up for Offender Locator app
August 28th, 2009
After a short banishment, the Offender Locator iPhone app is back on iTunes, but without access to offender data from California.
ThinAir Wireless, the app’s creator, began updating Offender Locator with the California data earlier this week. As part of the process, the company contacted a California attorney, R. Sebastian Gibson to determine whether or not the app breaks any laws in that state.
In his reply, which CNET obtained Wednesady, Gibson said that Offender Locater does not break any California laws. He also disputed an early complaint about the app (shown below) that said it was not legal in California because “selling the personal information of people (even ex-criminals) for profit is forbidden.” Gibson called that complaint “not valid.”
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A revised version of the app has been submitted and has been waiting Apple’s approval for about a week, but ThinAir said that Apple has yet to respond.
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ThinAir spokesman Trip Wakefield confirmed in a recent interview that the app was banished before for legal reasons.
Shortly after some dialog with Apple the app reappeared in the App Store (currently ranking at number 33 under paid apps).
Neither Apple or it’s legal department have responded to multiple attempts by ThinAir Wireless to get the update approved. It is unfortunate that Apple will quickly pull an app over hearsay and then fail to act as quickly to fix an app when allegations against it are proven to be false and without merit.–>
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