Google has been sanctioned A$60 million (around $40 million+) in Australia over Android settings it had applied, dating back around five years, which were found — in a 2021 court ruling —
Popular family tracking app Life360 is investing in hardware. The company this morning announced the $37 million acquisition of Chicago-based Jiobit, the maker of a wearable location device designed f
There’s a changing of the guard, and a new strategic partnership, over at Tile, the startup that helps you keep tabs on the location of your things by way of small tracking devices. Today, the c
Location tracking can seem pretty creepy if you're the consumer being watched. But there's big and growing business in tracking human movements and behavior, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones. To
An investigation by Quartz has revealed that Android devices send cell tower location data to Google even if the user has disabled location services for apps in their device settings.
Uber is set to reverse a controversial decision to collect users' location information after their trip ends, Reuters reports, with the privacy u-turn coming first to the iPhone app -- expected to ge
Let's be honest, players of Pokemon Go aren't going to care a Joltik or a Flabébé about the app permissions required to roam their neighbourhoods garnering the disproving glances of seniors as they
You remember <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/20/surprise-your-iphone-is-tracking-your-every-move/">Locationgate</a>, right? It was that massive national scandal that left both <a href="https:/