Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Carriers claim location data isn’t protected, say they have right to jury trial.
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Read more: Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
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FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location data
Read more: FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location dataFCC finalizes $196M penalties for location-data sales revealed in 2018.
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Apple, Apple privacy, Guides, How To, iOS, iphone, location data, Mobile, photography, Social Media, Tech Industry, Tech NewsHow to remove location data from your iPhone photos
Read more: How to remove location data from your iPhone photosWhen you take a picture with your iPhone, chances are it’s saving your location data with each photo. What if you want to remove this info?
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automated license plate readers, California, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, license plate data, license plate info, location data, location tracking, online privacy, police associations, Policy, rob bonta, Tech Industry, Tech News
Some Calif. cops still sharing license plate info with anti-abortion states
Read more: Some Calif. cops still sharing license plate info with anti-abortion statesCops weaponizing license plate data harms vulnerable populations, lawyer says.
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data brokers, department of defense, Government surveillance, location data, National Security Agency, NSA, online privacy, Policy, Tech Industry, Tech News
NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data
Read more: NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive dataViolating Americans’ privacy “not just unethical but illegal,” senator says.
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Cybersecurity, geofence, law enforcement, location data, Security, surveillance, Tech Industry, Tech News
A geofence warrant typo cast a location dragnet spanning two miles over San Francisco
Read more: A geofence warrant typo cast a location dragnet spanning two miles over San FranciscoCivil liberties advocates have long argued that “geofence” search warrants are unconstitutional for their ability to ensnare entirely innocent people who were nearby at the time a crime was committed. But errors in the geofence warrant appl…
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FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data
Read more: FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected dataThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first of its kind settlement prohibits X-Mode, now known as Outlogic, from sharin…
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Tech gifts you shouldn’t buy your family and friends for the holidays
Read more: Tech gifts you shouldn’t buy your family and friends for the holidaysIt’s the season to go a little overboard on gift giving. But this year, give the gift of good security (and privacy) and eschew tech that can have untoward risks or repercussions. We’re not talking about things that go boom in the night or …
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Google’s confusing new location settings hide data in two different places
Read more: Google’s confusing new location settings hide data in two different placesThe new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data.
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Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing
Read more: Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filingJudge: Data broker’s motion to sanction FTC “long on hyperbole, short on facts.”
