A file with a comprehensive list of visited locations saved
locally on users' iPhones has prompted investigations of Apple from
numerous governments, including France, Germany, Italy and South Korea.

The Korea Communications Commission has asked Apple about the iOS location recording controversy, according to Bloomberg. The government has asked Apple why the data is saved on devices and whether it is stored on the company's servers.

The commission also announced it will form a team with the intention of
protecting smartphone users' information and privacy. An Apple spokesman
in Seoul declined to comment.

South Korea reportedly joins France, Germany and Italy, where privacy
regulators have also investigated Apple. The probes have been prompted
by two security researchers, who last week read more »

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Google Inc. and Apple Inc. collect and store location information from personal computers, as
well as mobile devices, according to company executives, a disclosure
that sheds new light on the scope of the data collected by tech
companies.

Apple gathers information from some Apple Macintosh computers
connected to Wi-Fi networks, and Google collects data from
Wi-Fi-connected computers that use Google's Chrome browser or search
"toolbar."