Cellphone Location Tracking
Google Bans Location Data Firm Funded by Former Saudi Intelligence Head
SafeGraph sells smartphone location data to essentially anyone. Google banned the company in June.
U.S. Special Operations Command Paid $500,000 to Secretive Location Data Firm
Anomaly 6 is run by ex-military and location industry veterans.
Google Kicks Location Data Broker That Sold Muslim Prayer App User Data
Predicio is linked to a supply chain of data involving Venntel, which sells location data to ICE. Google's move comes after a Motherboard investigation.
More Muslim Apps Worked with X-Mode, Which Sold Data to Military Contractors
Five more apps, including Qibla Compass, which has over 5 million downloads, had a relationship with X-Mode according to technical tests.
Amazon Sold Location Data from Controversial Broker X-Mode
X-Mode collected data from Muslim Pro and other apps.
Apple and Google Push Location Tracker X-Mode Out of App Stores
The move comes after Motherboard’s investigation into how X-Mode gathered data from a hugely popular Muslim app.
The DEA Abruptly Cut Off Its App Location Data Contract
The DEA cancelled its contract with Venntel, which obtains granular location data from ordinary apps and sells access to law enforcement agencies.
How an ICE Contractor Tracks Phones Around the World
New documents show how Venntel, which sells some of its location data to ICE, CBP, and the FBI, obtains the information from ordinary apps.
IRS Could Search Warrantless Location Database Over 10,000 Times
Motherboard obtained IRS documents describing the sale of a database of smartphone movements.
The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant
The IRS used smartphone location data from a contractor to try to track Americans without a warrant.
Private Intel Firm Buys Location Data to Track People to their 'Doorstep'
The data comes from hundreds of ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones around the world.
AT&T Says Customers Can’t Sue the Company for Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters
Due to the contract fine print, AT&T says customers must instead deal with the company privately rather than in court.