The short answer is that you should ask a lawyer. I have never heard of an app writer being sued for this kind of app, but I wouldn't be surprised if their had been a lawsuit. In the US you can sue someone for a pretty huge array of things.
It's probably pretty safe to assume that the answer to "can I get sued" is probably yes if you're dealing with private information, whether the suit would or would not be thrown out depends on the situation, locale, entity, etc... That being said, nobody here can give you legal advice. I've definitely heard of app writers being sued for things like patent infringement (I mean, app writers continue to get sued by Lodsys!). Kris On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Tina Seaburn <[email protected]> wrote: > I am considering writing an app for the Android Market place. I was looking > around Google Play and I noticed quite a few apps that provide various ways > to spy on other people. Sometimes they are called "phone locator" or > "tracker" or sometimes just "spy". > > This sounds like fun but I was wondering if app developers ever get sued > when someone, for instance, is killed by a stalker who was using one of > these apps. > > Has this ever happened? > Thanks, > Tina > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
