Rob Crossley reports:
Bejeweled developer PopCap has branded Wall Street Journal findings “misleading” after the paper claimed that numerous app developers had “shared personal data widely and regularly” in “violation” of Apple rules.
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Ed Allard, Head of Studios at PopCap Games, has played down the accusations.
… ”PopCap would like to assure players of Bejeweled 2 for iPhone that only after they link the game to their Facebook account, will PopCap transmit that player’s user name and password to Facebook,” he added.
In regards to the matter of sending phone numbers, Allard again claimed this was all to do with optional Facebook integration.
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