Location Shield Act News Today

People with smartphones in 18 states are unwittingly having their data taken by digital signs made by Soofa, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts

From California to Massachusetts, state lawmakers want tougher controls on data brokers to protect privacy and prevent abuses.

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel gets less fictional by the day.

A growing number of lawmakers and regulators have taken significant steps toward reining in businesses that profit from the mass collection and sale of private data.

Lawmakers need to stop this practice before location data is used to harm people seeking or providing reproductive health care in the state.

Did Rite Aid illegally share its customers' private data? A new class action lawsuit claims it did. One expert says consumers still have rights.

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VPN provider Private Internet Access flags Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana as the states most in need of improved privacy legislation. Heres all you need to know.

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The State of Massachusetts wants to protect people's location data from companies selling them.