IDG News Service – “Pandora and possibly other makers of popular smartphone applications are being questioned by a federal grand jury about their privacy practices. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Pandora said that early this year it was served with a subpoena to produce documents in connection with a federal grand jury “which we believe was convened to investigate the information sharing processes of certain popular applications that run on the Apple and Android mobile platforms,” it said. The company also wrote that it believes similar subpoenas were issued to publishers of numerous other smartphone applications. Pandora was informed that it is not a specific target of the investigation, it said. Pandora has been the subject of class-action lawsuits charging it with violating computer privacy laws.”