geo-location

Coronavirus: Operators Share Location Data With Health Authorities

European mobile operators are sharing location data with health authorities in certain European countries to limit the spread of the…

5 years ago

Schools Voice Privacy Concerns Over Snapchat Maps Feature

Snapchat's Maps feature has faced criticism for putting user's safety and privacy at risk, but where should the line be…

7 years ago

iOS Apps Could Allow Developers Access To Users’ Photos

Photo libraries and associated geo-locational data exposed by 'location access' agreement

13 years ago

ICO Warns Of Location Privacy Issues

The ICO used a speech this week to warn that attention must be paid to individual's location privacy

13 years ago

Advertisers Can Geo-Locate Users With IP Tricks

Geo-location privacy issues are being investigated but IP address pinpointing will be harder to legislate for

14 years ago

EU Demands Explicit Geo-Location Permissions

Apple, Google and employers must comply with new European Union rules for geo-location data permissions

14 years ago

US Bodies’ Set Up Forum On Location-Based Services

The location-based practices of Apple, Google and others still have US lawmakers seeking answers

14 years ago

Apple And Google Confront Increased Location Scrutiny

Both Apple and Google are facing privacy probes over their respective location-tracking practices

14 years ago

Facebook Brings Places Deals To The UK

Facebook has launched a shopping discount service based on its Places app in the UK

14 years ago

MoD Advises Staff To Avoid Facebook Places

The Ministry of Defence is warning military personnel not to expose their locations of Facebook

14 years ago

Facebook Places ‘Checks In’ To Britain

Social networking giant Facebook has brought its new geolocation feature to the UK

14 years ago