News US lawmakers introduce new bill to protect personal health and location data The UPHOLD Privacy Act aims to protect citizens' personally identifiable data—relating to location and health—from being sold to advertisers Sarvesh MathiMarch 6, 2023
News 10 changes Google must make to its location tracking practices Google has agreed to make a slate of changes to its location tracking practices as part of multiple settlements with several US states. Sarvesh MathiJanuary 2, 2023
News How Google’s location tracking led to a $42 million penalty in Australia The Federal Court acts on complaint by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on location tracking practices Akshit ChawlaAugust 17, 2022
News How location and health data can be misused and what the US government is doing to protect users US Federal Trade Commissions lays out how health and location data can be misused and what it will do to strengthen protection of such... Sarvesh MathiJuly 14, 2022
News UPI apps must seek user consent before collecting location data: NPCI UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe can no longer geo-tag transactions without user consent and cannot deny UPI services to users who don't... Sarvesh MathiJuly 12, 2022
News Google removes app permissions info from Play Store pages: what it means for privacy Google replaced mandatory information with an optional "data safety" form on its Play Store for apps. What does this mean for user privacy? Sashwata SahaJune 22, 2022
News Deep Dive: Google sued for deceptively collecting user location data and using it for targeted ads The lawsuit points out how Google uses dark patterns to gather user location data, while at the same time portraying itself as privacy-focused company. Sarvesh MathiJanuary 25, 2022
News US lawmakers push for new rules to prevent illegal sale of users’ location data The lawmakers pointed out the lack of regulations in safeguarding location data and made certain recommendations. MitakshDecember 14, 2021