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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

Facebook has acquired location sharing service provider Gowalla, a key competitor to FourSquare

Opting out of Google's Wi-Fi location system for privacy is not easy. Wayne Rash says it should have been an opt-in system

Cloud

Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we are losing, warns Eric Doyle

Microsoft has published the code for its Wi-Fi data collection software, in a bid to avoid Google's WiSpy mistake

Nokia is merging Navteq with its other location operations, with the aim of kickstarting new services

The Metropolitan Police's purchase of GeoTime tracking software will be misused, warn privacy groups

Police have raided the South Korean office of Google investigating the search engine's use of location data

Mac

Apple has downplayed the importance of location data, but a report suggests Google thinks differently

Mac

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

Mac

Two researchers discovered their iPhones have been tracking their locations since upgrading to iOS 4

Microsoft has revealed that its answer to Google's controversial StreetView is soon to arrive in the UK

Facebook says that hacking scams have become a serious problem for the social network, and plans to implement additional security measures

Councils in the UK saved more than £200 million in 2009, through the use of innovative mobile apps and web services

Facebook's new location-powered Places feature could create risks and social pressures for users, analysts warn

Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite are highly hyped but have yet to reach their potential for Web marketers