“Apple added this feature after the previous privacy gaffe from Path.” Yup, here’s an article about it, from February of last year: http://allthingsd.com/20120

“Apple added this feature after the previous privacy gaffe from Path.” Yup, here’s an article about it, from February of last year: http://allthingsd.com/20120215/apple-app-access-to-contact-data-will-require-explicit-user-permission/ http://allthingsd.com/20120215/apple-app-access-to-contact-d... However, according to Apple, even before iOS6 came along (which asks permission whenever an app requests access to Contacts) it had already been against Apple’s dev guidelines to use Contacts info without users’ permission: “You and Your Applications may not collect user or device data without prior user consent, and then only to provide a service or function that is directly relevant to the use of the Application, or to serve advertising. You may not use analytics software in Your Application to collect and send device data to a third party.”