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Karissa Bell / Engadget: President Biden signs an EO that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans' personal data like geolocation to “countries of concern”, including China and Russia — The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of concern.” Karissa Bell / Engadget: President Biden signs an EO that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans' personal data like geolocation to “countries of concern”, including…

A federal judge in Idaho on Thursday dismissed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Kochava Inc alleging that the data broker unfairly sold geolocation data but gave the regulator an opportunity to revise its case.In a 35-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill granted a motion the Idaho-based company filed in October by ruling the FTC complaint lacks sufficient allegations to state a claim. The FTC failed to allege Kochava's data sales created "significant risk" of concrete harm, order said,…

Amid a spike in carjackings, New York City is trying out a novel strategy for tackling theft: Apple Airtags. Mayor Eric Adams and the police department announced that officials would be distributing 500 of the trackers to vehicle owners in the city during a press conference Sunday morning.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarThe police department in NYC’s 43 precinct, which has been particularly hard-hit by risingcar thefts, will be giving out the donated devices. The NYPD is also encouraging city residents to acquire and…

Too Long; Didn't Read60 percent of iPhone users do not know that their GPS location is captured when they take a picture. Most popular social media sites remove this information when the file is uploaded. Removing the location data from your photos is a simple process that you can do from an iPhone’s privacy settings. Too Long; Didn't Read60 percent of iPhone users do not know that their GPS location is captured when they take a picture. Most popular social media sites remove this information when the file is uploaded.…

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There are a number of APIs which are capable of geolocating web users based on their IP, which is useful in a number of contexts, most obviously for websites that want to adjust their experience according to where each visitor is based in the word. So which of the many IP geolocation APIs is worth using, and what can you do to implement them for your own projects? Abstract With literally billions of IPs encompassed in its coverage, and a wealth of information on top of the location included, Abstract’s IP…

Photo: Graeme Jennings-Pool (Getty Images)The Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit Monday against a major data broker, accusing it of offering services that allow for the tracking of Americans at sensitive locations, such as addiction clinics or domestic violence shelters. Commissioners voted 4-1 this week to bring a suit against Kochava, Inc., which calls itself the “industry leader for mobile app attribution” and sells mobile geo-location data on hundreds of millions of people. The suit accuses the company of…

The Federal Trade Commission has sued app analytics firm Kochava for selling sensitive geolocation data, including details that could unmask people seeking or performing abortions. The lawsuit claims Kochava failed to add basic privacy protections to its location data, much of which is collected from phones without the owners’ knowledge. “Kochava’s data can reveal people’s visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and addiction recovery facilities,” the FTC said…

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Idaho-based Kochava sues the FTC, claiming the agency is threatening to sue it for marketing geolocation data that might be used to track abortion clinic visits — FTC wrongly contends data could track visits to sensitive places such as clinics offering abortion, company claims John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Idaho-based Kochava sues the FTC, claiming the agency is threatening to sue it for marketing geolocation data that might be used to track…