The US Supreme Court rejected Verizon's petition for a $47 million refund on an FCC fine related to the sale of mobile user location data, leaving the telecom carrier with fewer legal avenues than its competitors.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals that many Android apps inadvertently share users' precise location data with third-party advertisers and data brokers due to default SDK settings, affecting over 60 million downloads.
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the FCC's process for fining AT&T and Verizon $104 million for selling users' location data without consent does not violate their right to a jury trial, as carriers could have opted for a jury trial by refusing to pay the fines.
German police, including the State Criminal Police Offices of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg, reportedly used location data from the advertising industry for investigations. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern confirmed past limited use, while Brandenburg stated they utilize data brokers for crime fighting. Data protection authorities are investigating.
A third-party U.K. visa application website, UK Visa Portal, exposed over 100,000 passports and selfies due to a misconfigured Amazon storage bucket, compromising sensitive user data.
Automaker had given ‘numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so’, says California attorney generalGeneral Motors (GM) agreed to pay $12.75m to resolve claims that it illegally sold hundreds of thousands of Californians’ location and driving data to two data brokers, said the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, on Friday. He said this came after the Detroit-based automaker had given “numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so”.“General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,” Bonta said in a statement. “This trove of information included precise and personal location data that could identify the everyday habits and movements of Californians.” Continue reading...
