#location-data

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fromTheregister
14 hours ago

X promptly catches fire after rolling out location feature

Not everyone online is necessarily who you think they are, and you shouldn't believe everything you read.
Privacy technologies
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
1 week ago

Snapchat to let US advertisers track when customers visit their stores

Snapchat will provide anonymized location data and a Snap to Store tool to US advertisers to measure how Snapchat campaigns drive in-store visits.
EU data protection
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds | TechCrunch

Commercially sold mobile location histories enabled easy tracking of top EU officials despite stringent European data protection laws.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

The Hidden National Security Risk in Smart Cities

Smart-city sensors and data brokerage practices expose continuous, location-linked personal and sensitive information of U.S. military and intelligence personnel, posing national security risks.
EU data protection
fromEuractiv
1 month ago

Ireland's data scandal put homes, clinics, and bases on the map - for sale | Euractiv

Weak GDPR enforcement in Ireland allowed near-real-time phone location data of tens of thousands to be sold online, enabling tracking from sensitive sites back to likely homes.
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