Cellphone Location Data
Bill that Would Stop the Government Buying Data Without a Warrant Passes Key Hurdle
The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act passed the House Judiciary Committee, bringing it one step closer to becoming law. The bill was written in part in response to Motherboard’s reporting.
Here Is the Manual for the Mass Surveillance Tool Cops Use to Track Phones
Police departments across the U.S. have been using Fog Reveal for ‘mass surveillance on a budget,’ investigations by the EFF and Associated Press revealed. Now, we're publishing the manual.
FTC Sues ‘Massive’ Data Broker for Selling Location Info on Abortion Clinics
In its lawsuit, the FTC describes how with a sample of data obtained from Kochava it was possible to pinpoint a device that visited a women's reproductive health clinic and then trace that phone back to a single family home.
I Tried the Privacy Phone Network Intended to Mask Your Identity
Pretty Good Phone Privacy, or PGPP, is a novel new system that attempts to separate your phone usage from your identity.
New US Privacy Law May Give Telecoms Free Pass on $200 Million Fines
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act is designed to give Americans more privacy protections. But it might have the side effect of undermining fines proposed in response to a massive location data scandal.
Documents Show DHS Tracks Smartphones Across the Country
Recently released documents how HSI has helped local police by using location data harvested from ordinary apps.
US Marshal Charged for Using Cop Phone Location Tool to Track People He Knew
Adrian O. Pena allegedly abused the Securus system by simply uploading blank documents and pretending he had authority to track people he had personal relationships with and their spouses.
Canada's Beloved Tim Hortons Spied on Everyone Who Used Its App, Regulator Says
Tim Hortons, something of a national institution in Canada, gathered mountains of location data from users of its app, in violation of Canadian law.
16 Senators Push FTC: What Are You Doing to Protect Location Data of Women Seeking Abortions?
The letter comes directly in response to a Motherboard investigation that found a company called SafeGraph selling location data related to Planned Parenthood clinics and other family planning centers.
Location Data Firm Provides Heat Maps of Where Abortion Clinic Visitors Live
Placer.ai allowed anyone to freely create an account and start using its visualized data to see where visitors to Planned Parenthood facilities approximately live.
Data Broker SafeGraph Stops Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Planned Parenthood
The move comes after Motherboard found it was possible to buy data showing how many people visited Planned Parenthood locations, where they came from, and where they went afterwards.
Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
It costs just over $160 to get a week's worth of data on where people who visited Planned Parenthood came from, and where they went afterwards.