Google, Apple to Testify on Tech Privacy Measures

CNN reports:

Executives from Google and Apple may get an old-fashioned grilling at Tuesday's Senate hearing on high-tech privacy.

Their session before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law comes a few weeks after it was revealed that smartphones and tablets for both companies can track information about the whereabouts of their users and store that data.

Sen. Al Franken, who chairs the new subcommittee, has said he's glad Google and Apple aren't sidestepping the hearing that will look into whether federal consumer privacy laws are keeping pace as technology advances.

Alan Davidson, Google's director of public policy, and Guy L. "Bud" Tribble, an Apple vice president, will testify at the hearing.

"I look forward to hearing from them," he said late last month. "Each of the witnesses at the hearing will play a critical role in helping us better understand this complex issue."