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Data PrivacyNews

Apple’s New iOS 13 Will Include Warning About Apps Collecting Location Data

September 27, 2019
New feature in iOS 13 that will inform users when apps on their iPhone are trying to collect location data may be bad news for tech giants like Facebook who use the information to serve up targeted ads.
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Data PrivacyNews

Can Mobile Carriers Be Trusted with Location Data?

June 28, 2018
Securus data scandal exposes cavalier attitude of location aggregators and mobile carriers towards location data and consumer privacy.
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Data PrivacyInsights

Children and Data Privacy: What Parents Need to Know

November 20, 2018
Today's children are being "datafied" from the moment they're born. Parents are now increasingly anxious over the expanding commercial collection and exploitation of children’s data, with potential consequences that can lead to extremely unsafe situations for both the child and the family.
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Data PrivacyNews

Collection of Mobility Data by Los Angeles Government Sparks Creation of Privacy Coalition With a Surprising Leader: Uber

March 20, 2020
Uber refused to share their mobility data with Los Angeles Department of Transportation as they think the agency plans to monetize it and control the movement of vehicles on LA streets.
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Data PrivacyNews

FCC Proposes Large Fines to Wireless Carriers for Failure to Secure Location Data, But Will It Really Deter Irresponsible Third-Party Sales?

March 18, 2020
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.
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Emergency medical service team responding to an incident showing privacy nightmare of location data
Data PrivacyNews

FCC’s Plan For Enhanced 911 Location Data Could Become a Privacy Nightmare

March 27, 2019
Enhanced 911 location data would make it possible for emergency first responders to more accurately find and locate people making 911 calls. What are the privacy implications since the biggest U.S. telcos have been secretly selling location data of their customers to a shadowy network of data brokers and data aggregators?
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Data PrivacyNews

Google Faces EU Privacy Investigation Over Location Tracking

February 18, 2020
DPC has opened a privacy investigation against Google over location tracking and its capacity to collect massive location data that could be in breach of GDPR regulations.
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Data PrivacyNews

Google Facing Complaints of GDPR Violations From Consumer Groups in 7 Countries

December 7, 2018
Consumer groups in 7 countries are asking European privacy regulators to take action against Google for GDPR violations, specifically, its “deceptive practices” related to location tracking.
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Data PrivacyInsights

Location Privacy Is More Important Than You Think

November 2, 2018
While location services are inherently useful, it is how organizations that gather and use the data that may be a cause of concern for location privacy.
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People waiting on station platform using smart phone in the night showing criticism of mobile carriers over location data policies
Data PrivacyNews

Mobile Carriers in United States Face Mounting Criticism over Location Data Policies

January 23, 2019
Without your knowledge or consent, the leading mobile phone carriers in the United States may be actively selling your location data to third-party vendors. And, in turn, these vendors are re-selling this data to an expanding network of shady middlemen.
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Data Clean Rooms Alone Would Not Fix Meta’s Privacy Problems

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Gartner: Slow Adoption and Expanding Attack Surface; Zero Trust Will Not Stop Over 50% Of Attacks by 2026

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T-Mobile Data Breach Includes Massive Compromise of Google Fi Service, Unknown Quantity of Customer Records Exposed

Data Privacy’s Tipping Point: Where We Go From Here

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