AppleInsider | iOS location data prompts investigations of Apple in South Korea, Europe

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 detailed their findings of a comprehensive log of users' locations stored in iOS 4.