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Senator Writes Open Letter to Pokemon Go Creators on Privacy Concerns
📅 - Al Franken, a U.S. Senator, is calling for greater clarity from Niantic, the creator of the wildly popular Pokemon Go app, concerning the app's security and privacy policies.
The Senator posted an open letter to John Hanke, Niantic's CEO, to point out the concerns about privacy for the more than 7.5 million users who have already downloaded the app. In the letter, he stated he is “concerned about the extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users' personal information without their appropriate consent.”
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