Apple’s privacy reputation at risk with new iTunes class-action lawsuit

Apple has marketed itself as a company that puts customers’ privacy first, but a new class-action lawsuit claims to the contrary. Leigh Wheaton, Jill Paul, and Trevor Paul — three iTunes users from Rhode Island and Michigan — have filed a federal lawsuit against the Cupertino-based tech giant alleging that the company unlawfully collects and sells their iTunes listening information to third parties without informed consent. The claims, if true, are bound to puncture a hole in Apple’s pro-privacy stance, which it hopes will differentiate the company from data-hungry rivals like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Apple even took to the Consumer…

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