Location Tracking

EPIC, ICCL Enforce Complaint In re Google’s RTB

January 16, 2025

EPIC and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties Enforce urge the FTC to investigate Google's RTB
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Complaints
EPIC Commends the Prohibition on the Collection and Sale of Location Information in Invasive Real Time Bidding System in FTC’s Mobilewalla Settlement

January 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Updates
Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with Mobilewalla

January 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Comments
Sixth Circuit Rejects FCC Authority Over ISPs

January 8, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Robocalls
- Updates
FTC Takes Action Against Data Brokers for Selling Sensitive Location Data

December 3, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission announced two proposed settlements today with data brokers that unlawfully sold sensitive location data: one with Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel, the other with Mobilewalla.
- Data Brokers
- Location Tracking
- Updates
Media Post: FTC Restricts Mobilewalla From Collecting RTB Location Data

December 3, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- News
CBP’s Privacy Impact Assessment on Commercial Telemetry Data Highlights Urgent Need for PIA Reform

November 14, 2024

CBP’s PIA on CTD is extremely vague, years too late, and is a complete failure to comply with federal privacy regulations.
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Location Tracking
- Analysis
ABA Journal: Can a lost phone be searched without consent? 9th Circuit will consider

November 1, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- News
EPIC Letter to FCC Enforcement Bureau and Privacy and Data Protection Task Force (Oct. 2024)

October 22, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Location Tracking
- Robocalls
- APA Comments
Communications Daily: 988 Georouting Order Seen Protecting Privacy, With Caveats

October 7, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- News