March 18, 2020

Uber to file federal suit against LA over users’ real-time location data

Real-time, in-trip geolocation data isn't good for traffic/bike lane planning, a draft of the suit says. What it's good for is surveillance.

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February 25, 2020

Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico's AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA's child privacy laws.

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November 18, 2019

NSA won’t collect phone location data, promises US government

US intelligence agencies won’t harvest US residents’ geolocation data in future investigations, revealed the US government this month.

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October 30, 2019

Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

The anonymized real-time location data the city's after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.

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March 20, 2018

US spy lab wants to geolocate any video or photo taken outdoors

US intelligence is working on geotagging every possible outdoor location in the world.

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July 05, 2017

Illinois poised to ban geolocation tracking without consent

Great news, right? But is it a waste of time, or a welcome step towards greater privacy?

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June 26, 2017

How Snapchat shares your (and your kids’) location

Some police and child protection authorities are advising parents to turn off the new feature

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August 11, 2016

Couple sue over IP glitch that repeatedly sent Feds to their house

Because their rural farmhouse was tagged as being at the center of the country, they've been accused of every imaginable internet atrocity.

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June 10, 2016

Google Nearby: location-aware popup ads for location-aware apps

Forget drive-by installs! Here comes the "walk-by"...

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