The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Idaho-based data broker Kochava for allegedly selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of consumer mobile devices. Kochava Collective ...

According to published reports, federal, state and local government agencies are receiving anonymized geolocation data (geolocation data) from businesses to monitor the movements of individuals to ...

TikTok said Wednesday it’s rolling out a new local feed that shows videos from nearby businesses and services based on users’ precise geolocation data. Users of the social media platform will now see ...

Asheville is using Zartico's geolocation data to make an effort to disperse people more widely within the city and even across the vicinity. Photo Credit: Jacob Boomsma/Shutterstock VAIL, Colo. -- ...

In today's digital landscape, where transactions occur instantaneously, ensuring security has become a top priority for businesses. One innovative method gaining momentum in fraud detection is the use ...

Meta was hit with a class action for allegedly collecting users' geolocation data without their consent. Both Amazon and Allstate were sued on similar claims in Washington, California and Illinois ...

On June 28, 2017, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill limiting the collection and use of geolocation information obtained via smartphones. The bill now heads to Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk ...

The U.S. Army is working to compress large amounts of geospatial data into an amount that is manageable on a handheld device. Imagery from the GeoGlobe database currently seeing use in Afghanistan ...

Mozilla is working on a geolocation data service using cell tower and Wi-Fi signals to give developers what it says will be a more privacy-aware option than current alternatives. The service, which is ...

Accurate user location information is crucial for many location-based network services. However, existing social user geolocation methods using fixed-grid partitioning fail to accurately locate users ...