Topic
Location-Based Services
48 published works
New Jersey Restraining Order Lawyers
Can Air Tags and Location Trackers Lead To a Restraining Order
AirTag Stalking and Restraining Orders in New Jersey How AirTags Differ From Traditional GPS Trackers AirTags and similar Bluetooth tracking devices, such as Tile and Samsung SmartTag, work differently from…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Location tracking of employee raises interesting legal issues
In an effort to dial back its current work-from-home culture, PricewaterhouseCoopers will start tracking where some of its employees work. It will start requiring its UK employees to spend a…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Seeks Comment on Diameter and SS7 Protocol Location Tracking Vulnerabilities
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has requested comment on communications service providers’ implementation of certain security countermeasures to prevent exploitation of vulnerabilities in the Diameter and…
Inside Class Actions
Class Action Suit Brought Under CIPA Section 637.7 for Alleged Location-Based Tracking of Vehicles Is Dismissed
A U.S. District Court Judge in California dismissed a putative class action asserting claims under section 637.7 of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in a case that could…
Privacy Zone
Key Lessons from Google’s Settlement To Pay A Record $391 Million Fine For Data Collection Practices
Google agrees to pay a historic $391.5 million to settle with attorneys general from 40 U.S. states for misleading users about its location tracking and collection practices. The settlement is…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Google Agrees to $391.5 Million Settlement with 40 States over Misleading Location Tracking Practices
On November 14, 2022, Google LLC agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with the attorneys general of 40 U.S. states over the company’s location tracking controls available in its user…
Privacy Zone
Google Accused of Using “Dark Patterns” to Track Users Who Did Not Want to Be Tracked
On August 13, 2018, the Associated Press published a story: “Google tracks your movements, like it or not.” According to the article, computer-science researchers at Princeton confirmed findings that “many…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #293 – Location, Location, Location-Based Services
This is not the first post discussing location-based services on mobile phones [see posts here]. And it won’t be the last. After reading my colleague’s post on the priest who…
Ride the Lightning
Want to be an Arsonist? Leave Your Android Phone at Home
Unless you want to go to jail of course. Naked Security carried a great geofencing post on December 16. If you own an Android device, and if you happen to…
AdLaw By Request®
Litigation in the Forecast for Weather Channel App
On January 3, the city of Los Angeles accused TWC Product and Technology, LLC (“TWC”) (an International Business Machines Corporation subsidiary) of violating millions of American consumers’ privacy. In the…