Google will pay $9.5 million to settle Washington DC AG's location-tracking lawsuitThe company has agreed to make it easier for users to opt out of location tracking as part of the settlement.By K. Holt, 12.30.2022
Google will pay $392 million to 40 states in largest-ever US consumer privacy settlementThe company will 'significantly improve' its tracking disclosures and user controls next year.By K. Holt, 11.14.2022
Tim Hortons wants to settle location-tracking lawsuits with coffee and doughnutsInvestigators found that the company collected geolocation data without consent for over a year.By K. Holt, 07.29.2022
Recommended Reading: How Sony's AI outran the best sim racersThe week's best writing on technology and more. By B. Steele, 07.23.2022
Police reports suggest a larger pattern of AirTag stalkingFifty women in eight jurisdictions called the cops after discovering an unwanted tracker.By K. Holt, 04.06.2022
Washington DC's AG sues Google for 'deceiving users and invading their privacy'Karl Racine says that Google mislead users over location tracking. By D. Cooper, 01.24.2022
Tile to be acquired by family location sharing service Life360The move could help it better compete against Apple and other rivals. By S. Dent, 11.23.2021
Google banned a location-tracking company that sold users' dataThe CDC and 'New York Times' are among SafeGraph's customers.By K. Holt, 08.12.2021
Google found to have 'partially' misled Australian users in location tracking caseThe case was filed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in 2019.By M. Moon, 04.16.2021
Apple and Google clamp down on X-Mode, a location-tracking data brokerThe decision was made after it came to light that X-Mode works with government contractors.By N. Summers, 12.10.2020
Apple makes it easy to see the personal info apps requestThere's also a new, less specific location sharing option.By N. Ingraham, 06.22.2020
Google's COVID-19 reports show where people are obeying stay-at-home orders"Community Mobility Reports" show where we're going amid the lockdown. By S. Dent, 04.03.2020
FCC chair: 911 call operators should be able to track VoIP callsAjit Pai also wants to make it easier to dial 911 from multiline phone systems.By R. England, 07.10.2019
Superhuman email client turns off location tracking after 'spying' controversyIts CEO said 'we did not imagine the potential for misuse.'By R. Lawler, 07.03.2019
Facebook used its AI smarts to build detailed disease prevention mapsThey focus on demographics, how people move and network coverage.By K. Holt, 05.20.2019
Foursquare's unusual pitch: The ethical data companyHypertrending is an exercise in trust.By C. Ip, 03.10.2019
You can now block Facebook's background location tracking on AndroidThe update follows reports that Facebook used location information to track missing interns.By A. Dellinger, 02.20.2019
Facebook reportedly tracks the location of 'credible threats'People may be added to a security watchlist for cussing out Mark Zuckerberg, CNBC reports.By K. Holt, 02.14.2019