Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google’s misleading Location History descriptions in Google Maps have earned it several lawsuits in ...

Two years ago, the Arizona Attorney General sued Google for allegedly tricking people into giving up their location data, even after they tried to turn off the company’s location data settings. Google ...

Your phone is almost certainly scanning for Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices right now, even if you think both radios are ...

Google has been sanctioned A$60 million (around $40 million+) in Australia over Android settings it had applied, dating back around five years, which were found — in a 2021 court ruling — to have ...

Learn which iPhone privacy settings are tracking you and how to disable them right now.

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iPhone users, you might want to check your Settings, because there’s a location feature you may not have noticed. During the week of Aug. 22, people on Twitter began to share screenshots what was ...

Why NSA says disable location tracking on your phone. “Different users accept different levels of risk regarding location tracking, but most users have some level of concern,” NSA warns. “Location ...