Google will pay $391.5 million as part of its settlement with 40 U.S. states after it continued to track users' location data even after turning location tracking features off in the settings.
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Google has stated that it will protect its users' privacy on health. It will expunge location data on visits to fertility and abortion clinics, addiction treatment, weight-loss, and other facilities.
Google is getting sued by the Office of the Attorney General in Washington DC, Indiana, Texas, and Washington State for deceiving users about how it handles their location data and profits out of it.
Note20 Ultra's FCC filings hint that the device could sport an Ultra Wideband chip to enable precise, indoor location tracking, spatial awareness, and fast file-sharing with other Galaxy devices.
The popular chat app takes a page from other apps to now offer live location tracking so that you can share it with your friends. The feature makes meetups with friends in the same area much easier.
AccuWeather has found itself in an awkward situation, after collecting user-identifiable data from iOS users that could be used to track them, despite revoking location access in its mobile app.
Bitdefender is saying that free apps on iOS and Android are much more invasive than users would expect. They readily track your location, your contact list and your Device ID to serve ads to you.
Apple was fined a small amount of money by the South Korean government due to Apple's move to store location info from customers' iPhone and iPad devices.
