Twitter stores user iPhone address books for 18 months after scan
Twitter Inc. said that to help users find friends also using the service, it retrieves entire address book from users' smartphones, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 months....
Source: PhysOrg - Friday, 17 February
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