If you don’t know what geofencing is, I will give you some articles to read so you can become better educated on exactly what it is and how it is used to track you. It’s all a bit creepy, but is a good thing to understand. The key to geofencing is users who leave their
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Privacy Tip #293 – Location, Location, Location-Based Services
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
This is not the first post discussing location-based services on mobile phones [see posts here]. And it won’t be the last. After reading my colleague’s post on the priest who resigned from his high-profile position after his location was tied to Grindr, I thought it would be useful to remind readers to think…
CCPA 2.0 May Be Heading for the November Ballot in California
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
The consumer group Californians for Consumer Privacy announced on May 4, 2020, that it was submitting well over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) for the November 2020 ballot.
This new ballot initiative, which can be reviewed here, creates some additional consumer privacy rights and expands some areas already included…
Recent FTC Consent Decree with InMobi for Unlawful Geolocational Tracking Provides Insight for App Developers
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Recently in United States v. InMobi Pte Ltd., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set a new standard for geolocational tracking. The FTC told app developers and app marketers one simple rule: honor consumers location privacy preferences and do not track them without permission.
InMobi is a Singapore Company that provides ads within mobile apps.…
Password authentications should become more obsolete
By Brian Wheelin on
The username/password method of authentication is dying, albeit slower than many of us would like. In 2016, we should see a continued trend of replacing password authentication as the primary method for navigating through cyberspace.
We all know the challenges of password authentication. The number of access points that require passwords is growing making it…