Category Archives: location history

Google Location Tracking Lambasted in Arizona Lawsuit

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The lawsuit, filed against Google by Arizona’s Attorney General, alleges that the tech giant uses “deceptive and unfair conduct” to obtain users’ location data. Continue reading Google Location Tracking Lambasted in Arizona Lawsuit→

Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

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Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who’s near a crime at a given time. Continue reading Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants→

Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data

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Google is giving you more control over how long you want the tech company to hold on to your location history and web activity data.

Google has introduced a new, easier, privacy-focused auto-delete feature for your Google account that will allow you t… Continue reading Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data→

Popular family tracking app exposed real-time location data onto the internet – no password required

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More than 238,000 individuals users have had their family’s real-time location exposed for weeks on end after an app developer left sensitive data exposed on the internet, without a password. Many users of “Family Locator”, an iOS app… Continue reading Popular family tracking app exposed real-time location data onto the internet – no password required→

How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background

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Every app installed on your smartphone with permission to access location service “can” continually collect your real-time location secretly, even in the background when you do not use them.

Do you know? — Installing the Facebook app on your Android a… Continue reading How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background→