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Location Data
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Google for Tracking Android Users’ Location Data
A class action complaint filed on June 9, 2011, in federal court in Florida alleges that Google's Android phone illegally tracked and recorded users' movements and locations without their knowledge…
Inside Privacy
Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on Geo-Location Data for Smart Mobile Devices
By Dan Cooper
On Monday, the Article 29 Working Party released its new Opinion on geo-location data collection and processing in smart mobile devices. The paper comes on the heels of a recent furor over the…
Inside Privacy
New Privacy and Data Security Events Spur New EU Investigations
By Dan Cooper
Smartphone Location Data Last week two UK-based researchers revealed that Apple iPhones record location-based data in an unencrypted file stored on each phone. The information, gleaned from WiFi routers and…
LawSites
Maps of My Travels, Courtesy of My Snooping iPhone
No doubt you've heard the news by now: Your iPhone is snooping on you, regularly recording data about your whereabouts. My response to this news is similar to David Pogue's,…