[ad_1] To no one’s surprise, the carriers maintained that their sales only allowed specific uses. AT&T’s terms required “approved use cases” and deletion of info, while Verizon said it had a “detailed process” for clearing and screening aggregators’ customers. Sprint was less specific, but said it allowed aggregators to hold on to data for long […]
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Google faces surge in police requests for mobile location data
[ad_1] Many of these requests come from relatively new “geofence” warrants that asks Google to hand over location info for every device that passed through a given area over a certain period of time. Google anonymizes the data at first, but it will provide names and other sensitive info if police believe it matches the […]
FCC commissioner calls for crackdown on sales of phone location data
[ad_1] Starks added a sense of urgency, noting that the FCC usually only has a year to do something before the statute of limitations expires. Whether or not anything happens is far from guaranteed. Starks noted that Chairman Ajit Pai “sets the agenda” at the FCC, and it’s up to him to say if and […]
Family tracking app leaked real-time location data for weeks
[ad_1] This wasn’t helped by React’s own issues with accountability. Its site had no contact information, and even its WHOIS record masked the email address. Messages through the feedback form turned up nothing. The database didn’t go offline until TechCrunch asked Microsoft to reach the developer, who still hasn’t said anything about the leak. It’s […]