The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it fined the company $800,000 for selling information about people to employers without making sure the data was accurate as well as for not notifying people if an employer decided not to hire them based on what it learned from Spokeo.

Spokeo told it will no longer sell information for the purpose of screening candidates for employment, but one has to wonder how many people's careers have been affected because of Spokeo's profiles.

For Apple's part, it is one company that manages to largely keep itself out of the that seem to increasingly flare up between consumers, big business and the government. This patent it's involved with could be good news for consumers.