Forbes report indicated that the TikTok app may have been used to track location data of specific American citizens. ByteDance denies there was any wrongdoing.
Dating app Grindr quietly sold user location data to a third-party ad network from "at least" 2017 until early 2020, making it available to thousands of parties.
A new study of privacy concerns upends the notion that traditional "reasonable expectation of privacy" models also apply to digital tracking and data collection.
Four of the largest U.S. wireless carriers, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, face a potential collective fine of $200 million for failing to secure location data sold to third parties.
Recent New York Times report sheds light on how companies are using smartphone tracking technology to collect, analyze, and resell location data to advertisers and marketing technology.
