App analytics firm Kochava and its subsidiary, Collective Data Solutions, will be prohibited from “selling, licensing, transferring, sharing or disclosing” sensitive location data without express ...

Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphone users near ...

On Monday, April 27, the Supreme Court will hear Chatrie v. United States, a case about police access to geofence data, a ...

Geoff Michener is the CEO of dataplor, a startup focused on helping companies succeed abroad through high quality geospatial data. In April 2024, California's new minimum wage law for fast food ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the lawfulness of police warrants obtaining broad cellphone location data in ...

Anyone who has a cellphone and uses apps from tech companies like Google for their online calendars, maps, or email should ...

I've been an iPhone user for a long time, and I'm very mindful of who I share my location with or what apps and services get access to location data. I block apps from tracking me, and I do not share ...

Amid the ongoing evolution of digital privacy laws, one California proposal is drawing heightened attention from legal scholars, technologists, and privacy advocates. Assembly Bill 1355, while ...

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 ...

One of the largest companies that tracks Americans’ location through smartphone data has been hacked by Russian cybercriminals in exchange for ransom, according to two cybersecurity researchers, a ...