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Android Faces Similar Questions as iOS Over User Location Data

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Apple’s user-tracking PR debacle has dominated recent headlines (not to mention the season premiere of South Park) but Cupertino’s iOS isn’t the only mobile operating system alleged to flirt with privacy issues. This past Wednesday in Detroit, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Google for much the same reason that led to Apple staring down a lawsuit filed in Tampa: the storage and transmission of users’ geolocation data. READ MORE »