Carrier IQ Response on Privacy Falls Short, U.S. Senators Say

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Carrier IQ Inc. failed to adequately answer questions regarding the data that the company’s software captures from mobile phone users and shares with wireless providers, two U.S. senators said.

Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said he was “still very troubled by what’s going on” after reviewing information submitted this week by the Mountain View, California-based company and by mobile carriers including AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.