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Breaking: Microsoft Sued for Tracking Customers’ Locations Without Consent
A class action was brought today against Microsoft in federal court claiming that Windows Mobile phones tracked user locations after users had opted out of the option to be tracked. Known as...
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Things you may have missed: interesting recent legal developments
Looking back at the blog, we have covered a wide range of subjects over the last few days. Here are some highlights worth looking at that you may have missed: The BART controversy continues to simmer....
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Where are you? Someone usually knows.
Geolocation technology is about to take center stage. For the uninitiated, Geolocation technology involves tracking where people are based on their interaction with devices and the internet. For...
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New York State placed GPS device on employee’s privately owned car and fired him
As I had said last week, Geolocation issues are likely to burst onto the legal scene over the coming years as the technology becomes more ubiquitous and affordable. Now we have the story (via Digital...
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Is OnStar Spying On You?
Interesting blog post from Jonathan Zdziarski today that illustrates an example of the ongoing Geolocation issues which we have discussed here, here, here, and here. I also gave a CLE presentation to...
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FTC Amends Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA)
For those of you not familiar with COPPA, the FTC passed the act in 1998 and it is designed to help protect the personally identifiable information of Internet users under the age of 13 and gives...
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