EFF Updates RSSThe Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.
#OnlineBehavioralTracking #LocationDataBrokers #LocationalPrivacy
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.
#OnlineBehavioralTracking #LocationDataBrokers #LocationalPrivacy
Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/why-are-hundreds-data-brokers-not-registering-states
Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?
Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. A new analysis by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals that many data brokers registered in one state aren’t registered in others.
EFF Goes to Court to Uncover Police Surveillance Tech in California
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eff-goes-court-uncover-police-surveillance-tech-california
#LocationDataBrokers #LocationalPrivacy #Transparency #Privacy
EFF Goes to Court to Uncover Police Surveillance Tech in California
The private company Pen-Link sued the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office to block the agency from disclosing to EFF the unredacted contracts between them, claiming the information is a trade secret. We are going to court to make sure the public gets access to these records.
Location Tracking Tools Endanger Abortion Access. Lawmakers Must Act Now.
#LocationDataBrokers #ReproductiveJustice #LocationalPrivacy
Location Tracking Tools Endanger Abortion Access. Lawmakers Must Act Now.
EFF wrote recently about Locate X, a deeply troubling location tracking tool that allows users to see the precise whereabouts of individuals based on the locations of their smartphone devices. Developed and sold by the data surveillance company Babel Street, Locate X collects smartphone location...
Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy Practices
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/senators-expose-car-companies-terrible-data-privacy-practices
Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy Practices
In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week, Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the FTC to investigate several car companies caught selling and sharing customer information without clear consent. Alongside details previously gathered from reporting by The New York Times, the...
Car Makers Shouldn’t Be Selling Our Driving History to Data Brokers and Insurance Companies
#SurveillanceandHumanRights #LocationDataBrokers #LocationalPrivacy
Car Makers Shouldn’t Be Selling Our Driving History to Data Brokers and Insurance Companies
You accelerated multiple times on your way to Yosemite for the weekend. You braked when driving to a doctor appointment. If your car has internet capabilities, GPS tracking or OnStar, your car knows your driving history.And now we know: your car insurance carrier might know it, too.In a recent New...
Location Data Tracks Abortion Clinic Visits. Here’s What to Know
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/location-data-tracks-abortion-clinic-visits-heres-what-know
#LocationDataBrokers #ReproductiveJustice #LocationalPrivacy #MedicalPrivacy #CellTracking #Privacy
Location Data Tracks Abortion Clinic Visits. Here’s What to Know
Our concerns about the selling and misuse of location data for those seeking reproductive and gender healthcare are escalating amid a recent wave of cases and incidents demonstrating that the digital trail we leave is being used by anti-abortion activists.The good news is some states and tech...
Sen. Wyden Exposes Data Brokers Selling Location Data to Anti-Abortion Groups That Target Abortion Seekers
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Sen. Wyden Exposes Data Brokers Selling Location Data to Anti-Abortion Groups That Target Abortion Seekers
This post was written by Jack Beck, an EFF legal internIn a recent letter to the FTC and SEC, Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) details new information on data broker Near, which sold the location data of people seeking reproductive healthcare to anti-abortion groups. Near enabled these groups to send targeted...