An Australian Federal Court has found that Google misled domestic consumers about the way it collected personal location data on Android mobile devices for almost two years. The decision brings an end ...

January 29, 2007 We’ve written several times about the concept of electronically fencing dogs and cats for their safety, or the safety of others. Similarly, as GPS technologies have become ...

Recent revelations about companies that traffic in personal location data — and how easy that information can be acquired for a few hundred dollars — have led to renewed calls for the regulation of ...

Where a person goes can be used as a solid signal of intent, but that signal gets stronger and more predictive when location is combined with shopper marketing data. Although the insights aren’t ...

Intellithings has announced that the RoomMe Personal Location Sensor (PLS) is shipping. Featuring new compatibility with popular smart home systems, including HomeKit, Wink, and Sensibo, which control ...

Information gleaned from trillions of records collected by voluntary location-based service apps on GPS-equipped smartphones, vehicles and devices is organized by Streetlight Data into aggregated, ...

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