The Federal Trade Commission proposed a settlement that would ban data broker Kochava and its subsidiary Collective Data ...

Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” ...

As consumers and regulators become more skeptical of how companies collect user data, one startup has raised another round to build out ways to help brands become more relevant with how they use ...

The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to TechCrunch, the practice involves real-time bidding advertising services that create detailed movement profiles from ...

When we talk about data privacy, tech giants like Google and Facebook are often blamed for using personal data to show ads and recommendations. Less discussed are the businesses whose entire business ...

For the past two decades, location data has helped fuel the digital economy. It’s the little helper that guided us to the nearest coffee shop, summoned a ride to our doorstep, let us check in at a ...

Jason McCullough and Brandon Moss of Wiley Rein LLP examine the Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States, which ...

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The FBI is once again buying location data on Americans, confirming a surveillance method that had largely faded from public view. During a Senate hearing this week, Director Kash Patel said the ...

Take control of your data by identifying which apps are tracking your location and learning how to restrict or revoke their access to your location data. A surprising amount of apps use your location ...