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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gravy tracked some people going into government buildings, health clinics, places of worship and other sensitive locations, the ...

Geofence warrants give cops leads but create false positives and have spurred legal challenges.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

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 ...