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Apple has reached agreements with three major record labels — including Sony, it seems — to let users of its new music service access their song collections from handheld devices via the Internet, reports “Bloomberg” (http://macte.ch/bRzEX), quoting “people with knowledge.”

The new iTunes offering will let users store content on Apple’s servers and access it using the Web, rather than loading songs into a device’s memory, said the people. The plans could be previewed as early as Apple’s developers conference, set to begin June 6, reports “Bloomberg.”

Apple has signed a cloud-music licensing agreement with EMI Music and is very near to completing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, “multiple” music industry sources told “CNET” (http://macte.ch/Lg1Wh).

Warner Music Group already had a deal in place with Apple, the article notes. The licensing agreements will enable Apple to launch a fully licensed cloud-music service — rumored to be dubbed iCloud — to rival unlicensed offerings of rivals Amazon and Google.

Apple and Google smartphones may come under tighter regulation in Europe after a data protection panel ruled that data on the location of their users should be classed as private, the “Financial Times” reports (http://macte.ch/HjkZb).