Some photos misses some EXIF data

Hello,
I'm wondering why some of the photos on my iPhone are missing some EXIF information like the date when the photo was taken or the GPS data.
All the photos were taken with the default camera app and were copied to the Mac via iPhoto and Imagecapture. So what happened? Are the EXIF data really LOST?
Photos with missing EXIF data:
[Height] => 1536
[Width] => 2048
[IsColor] => 1
[ByteOrderMotorola] => 1
[Thumbnail.FileType] => 2
[Thumbnail.MimeType] => image/jpeg
[Orientation] => 6
[XResolution] => 72/1
[YResolution] => 72/1
[ResolutionUnit] => 2
[YCbCrPositioning] => 1
[ExifIFDPointer] => 102
[ExifVersion] => 0221
[ComponentsConfiguration] =>
[FlashPixVersion] => 0100
[ColorSpace] => 1
Photos with correct EXIF data:
[Height] => 1536
[Width] => 2048
[IsColor] => 1
[ByteOrderMotorola] => 1
[ApertureFNumber] => f/2.8
[Thumbnail.FileType] => 2
[Thumbnail.MimeType] => image/jpeg
[Make] => Apple
[Model] => iPhone 3GS
[Orientation] => 6
[XResolution] => 72/1
[YResolution] => 72/1
[ResolutionUnit] => 2
[Software] => 3.1.2
[DateTime] => 2010:01:01 06:52:37
[YCbCrPositioning] => 1
[ExifIFDPointer] => 206
[GPSIFDPointer] => 544
[ExposureTime] => 1/10
[FNumber] => 14/5
[ExposureProgram] => 2
[ISOSpeedRatings] => 1016
[ExifVersion] => 0221
[DateTimeOriginal] => 2010:01:01 06:52:37
[DateTimeDigitized] => 2010:01:01 06:52:37
[ComponentsConfiguration] =>
[ShutterSpeedValue] => 6745/2029
[ApertureValue] => 4281/1441
[MeteringMode] => 1
[Flash] => 32
[FocalLength] => 77/20
[FlashPixVersion] => 0100
[ColorSpace] => 1
[ExifImageWidth] => 2048
[ExifImageLength] => 1536
[SensingMethod] => 2
[ExposureMode] => 0
[WhiteBalance] => 0
[Sharpness] => 0
[GPSLatitudeRef] => N
[GPSLatitude] => Array
[0] => 48/1
[1] => 4714/100
[2] => 0/1
[GPSLongitudeRef] => E
[GPSLongitude] => Array
[0] => 9/1
[1] => 1052/100
[2] => 0/1
[GPSTimeStamp] => Array
[0] => 6/1
[1] => 52/1
[2] => 3366/100
[GPSImgDirectionRef] => T
[GPSImgDirection] => 47864/181

I have this same issue. It seems that more photos are being recorded without time/date and camera info than with this info.
I hope someone can help us fix this issue asap!
Thanks!

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