Page 36 - Location Data News Today

Googles health page. >> reporter: google apps and websites are still user locations even if you turned off that sitting in the location history but google didnt make any locations to the feature, they just changed the warning on the help page. now it says this setting does not affect other location services on your device and some location data may be saved as part of your activity on other services like search and map. it will be interesting to see if google comes under pressure to make changes...

Maps, search and photos. google says they are upfront with users. if you want to shut off this other location collection you have to go into the activity settings and disable it there. if you turn off location history it still stores your location data. it doesnt place it on your timeline for you to delete. ? confused? thats the point. google uses this location to sell advertising. the more they know about you, the better the ads. and they will see you went into the store. googles ad revenue ros...

Used google. google says they are being upfront with users. if you want to shut this off, you have to go into the web and app activity settings and disable it there. if you simply turn off location history, it still stores your location data, it just doesnt place it on your timeline for you to see and delete. confused? that may be the point. google uses location data to sell advertising and the more precise they can be with your location and the more they know about you, the better the ad, and g...

Rob: they hope a website will help them find mollie tibbetts and allow people to submit tips. she went missing on july 18th after going for a run. jillian: google could be tracking your every move with or without your permission. rob: tracy carrasco with what we need to know. >> reporter: it raises a lot of questions about privacy, how much information did google know about you? according to an associated press investigation google services on android, iphone devices collect your location data e...

What? and then we look at just earlier in the week first it was verizon then at&t, and the rest follow along saying that they are no longer going to sell location data from all of us to big brokers that sell it to other companies including law enforcement would have access to that what the supreme court ruling said about that though is that police officers, any law enforcement will now have to go get a warrant. even though that information is readily available to the rest of us that we in the pr...

Right here. right now. humira. welcome back. today a string of eight-year-old robberies in detroit now has new meaning nationwide. the supreme court reading against the government this morning holding that law enforcement agencies generally need warrants to collect location data from cell phone companies. privacy advocates say its a big win, and in their view, a big check on growing government surveillance. chief justice john roberts writing for the majority argued that the data allows the gov...

Impactioning timpacting the most? >> this will make it more difficult for law enforcement to be able to on abtain what we wo call noncontent information, location information, other types of information about cell phone use that does not include content. to date, that sort of information, those records have been relatively easy for law enforcement to obtain because a warrant was not required. with this decision, a warrant will be required in more cases than currently is. >> greg, thank you much ...

Really care about our society. they care about their business. >> reporter: cambridge analytica denied its responsible while facebook once again says its very sorry. apples cook says consumers should be aware of what tech companies value and what they dont. >> i think its an invasion of privacy. i think its -- privacy to us is a human right. its a civil liberty, and in something that is unique to america. >> reporter: privacy concerns are going well beyond just facebook. were also talking about ...

>> mitch mcconnells happy, were not. go ahead, kimberly. >> so weve been talking about different sides of the political spectrum not coming together, not much bipartisanship here. tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court there is an issue nighting people from across the political spectrum, from the aclu to citizens united, a case about whether police need a warrant to get cell phone location data, all these groups think its a bad idea for the government just to be able to grab that without a warrant. ...

The investigatory power built and ratified by royal assent on tuesday. it is a sweeper piece of legislation that forces telecom companies to store everybodys data. your calls, texts, location data and web activity for a year. it also empowers law enforcement allowing them to legally hack into peoples devices without them knowing. sounds extreme? it is. the law at the beginning of 2017 will give the government fast powers to essentially spy on its citizens by their online activities. the u.s. whi...