Top House Republicans Question Apple, Alphabet on Privacy
- Letters to CEOs ask about third-party access to email, apps
- Tech companies are targets of increasing calls for regulation
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Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. are facing questions about their privacy practices from four top Republican members of Congress as tech companies fail to assuage lawmakers’ concerns.
In letters released Monday, the chairmen of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and three of its subcommittees asked Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Larry Page about reports that the Google parent "permitted third parties to access the contents of users’ emails."