The CBS has been tracking movements by mobile phone: NRC
4 years, 9 months ago

The CBS has been tracking movements by mobile phone: NRC

Dutch News  

Government statistics agency CBS may have breached privacy rules by using T-Mobile mobile phone location data to track people’s movements, the NRC reported on Wednesday. Privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens AP told the NRC it was ‘remarkable’ that the CBS has effectively tracked and traced people by means of their phones when an emergency law is needed to allow the government to do the same for the coronavirus tracking app. The government is planning to amend telecommunications legislation to allow phone data to be used for the app, a move which the privacy watchdog said earlier is essential. CBS workers who worked at the t-Mobile offices only had ‘limited access’ and, the agency said, it has not used data from T-Mobile for the last six months.

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The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data
2 years, 8 months ago

The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data

Wired  

For years, people have wondered not if, but how much, the Department of Homeland Security accesses mobile location data to monitor US citizens. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union released thousands of heavily redacted pages of documents that provide a “glimpse” of how DHS agencies came to leverage “a shocking amount” of location data, apparently purchasing data without following …

The CBS has been tracking movements by mobile phone: NRC
4 years, 9 months ago

The CBS has been tracking movements by mobile phone: NRC

Dutch News  

Government statistics agency CBS may have breached privacy rules by using T-Mobile mobile phone location data to track people’s movements, the NRC reported on Wednesday. Privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens AP told the NRC it was ‘remarkable’ that the CBS has effectively tracked and traced people by means of their phones when an emergency law is needed to allow the government …

Government insists coronavirus tracing app will not track people's locations, says data will be stored on phones
4 years, 11 months ago

Government insists coronavirus tracing app will not track people's locations, says data will be stored on phones

ABC  

Community privacy concerns have forced the Federal Government to insist a coronavirus tracing app will neither track people's locations nor be available for law enforcement agencies to access. Key points: The Government is developing an app to assist with contact tracing confirmed cases Minister Stuart Robert insists the app will not track people's location The app will record names, ages, …

US govt reportedly using location data from mobile ads to track coronavirus spread
5 years ago

US govt reportedly using location data from mobile ads to track coronavirus spread

India Today  

The coronavirus pandemic has encouraged governments across the world to unleash what has been termed the 'violation of privacy' by security analysts. US government officials are now moving ahead in their attempts to track citizens using the mobile phone location data from the mobile ad industry. The governments elsewhere, including those in Europe, China, Singapore, South Korea, and even India …

Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread
5 years ago

Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread

Associated Press  

The Czech Republic has become the first European country to announce plans to deploy a powerful but potentially intrusive location-tracking tool for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, as others consider similar moves bound to put public health in conflict with individual privacy. The new tool marks a substantial departure from existing European disease-surveillance efforts, which have focused on tracking people’s movements …

Trump administration wants to use Americans’ location data to track the coronavirus
5 years ago

Trump administration wants to use Americans’ location data to track the coronavirus

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — The Trump administration is in discussions with the tech industry, including Facebook and Google, about how to use Americans’ cellphone location data to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. “Should governments decide to track their citizens, they should establish clear guidelines as to what powers they do have, how they will conduct any monitoring, …

Phone tracking used to follow movements of Chinese couple with coronavirus in Adelaide
5 years, 1 month ago

Phone tracking used to follow movements of Chinese couple with coronavirus in Adelaide

ABC  

A phone-tracking system used to better understand where two people infected with coronavirus roamed in Adelaide is the same system harnessed by SAPOL for criminal investigations, the state's Police Commissioner has said. Key points: Phone metadata is being used to track an infected couple's movements around Adelaide SA Health is following the lead of South Korea in using phone tracking …

Every step you take: NYT investigation finds apps know way too much about us
6 years, 3 months ago

Every step you take: NYT investigation finds apps know way too much about us

Salon  

An investigation led by the New York Times discovered alarming findings regarding how easily nondescript location data, collected by smartphone apps and sold to businesses, can be traced back to individual users. The article, eerily titled “Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret” reviewed a 2017 database that found at least 75 companies …

Basic mobile logs gathered by spy agencies can reveal more than you think
8 years, 10 months ago

Basic mobile logs gathered by spy agencies can reveal more than you think

Daily Mail  

Researchers were able to identify 82 per cent of people from their records, highlighting the privacy indications for users This 'non-personal' data has been captured in bulk by security agencies While the contents of your phone calls and text messages may be secure, the extra data your phone sends out could be giving away far more than you think. Even …

Next from Sibal: Mobile user tracking in latitudes and longitudes
13 years, 1 month ago

Next from Sibal: Mobile user tracking in latitudes and longitudes

Firstpost  

If you’re still seething over social media censorship, you may just have to brace yourself for something more….a lot more. Mr. Sibal’s work desk, at the moment, seems to be filled with documents of a new proposal - tracking mobile users, right down to the latitudes and longitudes. According to an Indian Express report, in the amendments that were made …

Mobile devices' location tracking raises privacy concerns
13 years, 10 months ago

Mobile devices' location tracking raises privacy concerns

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Now, two researchers reported last month that location tracking information is being stored directly on Apple devices. ALLAN FRIEDMAN: "There's the idea that because it's on my phone and on my computer, rogue applications that I pay for or that I'm tricked into downloading may be able to access this data and …

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