Location data is now a monetizable asset— less about map tiles, directions, and location pins, and more about behavioral, ...

Mobile devices and cell phones are frequent sources of evidence in modern legal cases and investigations, and a common question involves where a phone was at a particular time. Although CSI makes this ...

U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade group NetChoice’s latest list of “awful” bills for ...

Many of the smartphone apps people use every day are collecting data on their users and, in order to make money, many of these apps sell that information. One of the customers for this data is the U.S ...

Meta was hit with a class action for allegedly collecting users' geolocation data without their consent. Both Amazon and Allstate were sued on similar claims in Washington, California and Illinois ...