Tech giant Apple opens up about a number of firmware updates for AirTags that continue to restrict the device's principle…
Alphabet agrees to pay $391.5m settlement after 40 US states sued it for misleading consumers over location tracking practices
Meta reaches $37.5 million settlement of a Facebook location tracking lawsuit, after allegations it tracked user movements via people's smartphones
Google temporarily disables live traffic data and location features from Ukraine in order to protect local communities, amidst ongoing Russian…
Four attorneys general in the US are suing Google for allegedly misleading users about when it was able to track…
UK-based Huq acknowledges at least two of its partner apps collected users' location data even when users had explicitly opted…
The NHS confirms its coronavirus tracing app will be ready in two to three weeks, but concerns remain over its…
France asks Google and Apple for their ‘private’ Coronavirus tracing API to be a little less private, with the easing…
Not as detailed as Google's Covid-19 Community Mobility reports, but Apple has released a tool that shows changes in people's…
Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms government is developing an app to warn users if they came into close contact with…
European mobile operators are sharing location data with health authorities in certain European countries to limit the spread of the…
Fines of more than $200m proposed for selling subscribers' real-time location data, but critics say the penalties are little more…
Location services boost as new spec delivers exact location data, to within one centimetre
That didn't take long. Last week's revelation that Google tracks users’ location even if tracking is turned off, prompts US…
Users - and particularly young people - may not realise Snap Maps is broadcasting their precise location whenever the app…
Privacy setback? US appeals court rules police don't need warrant to obtain cell tower records from mobile operators
End of the free-for-all? Search warrant now required for devices that track mobile phone locations
Chinese media labels the iPhone as a national security danger, but Apple vehemently denies the allegation
Where would we be without GPS? Our quiz looks at the history of a technology we all rely on
Apple Maps to get more accurate local business listings according to reports
Foursquare may not be as hip as Facebook or Twitter, but VCs think location will happen one day...
Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used
Google Earth has added another 100,000 virtual tours of fascinating locations for would-be globetrotters
Feeling lost at a station or shop? Google can help, if you are in the right bulding
The Wikimedia Foundation has shifted away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap in its mobile applications, following a wider trend
Girls Around Me allowed users to track women on location-based services
The ad watchdog has decided that weather details constitute sufficient support for location-based services
Smartphone owners and social media users are more likely to become victims of identity theft, claims Javelin Strategy