All the stories tagged with location data
Jailbreaker discovers Windows Phone 7 does transmit user location data without permission
09/26/2011, A while back there was an issue with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. Much like other mobile platforms such as Android and iOS, it appeared at that time that WP7 was collecting user location data, the same data that landed [...]
Find My iPhone used in Chilean search and rescue operation
09/07/2011, While location data and tracking may be frowned upon due to their invasion of privacy, it seems that there are more noble uses for it. In recent news there has been a report on the Chilean airplane crash, where the [...]
Microsoft investigates location data collection accusations
09/06/2011, Last week Microsoft was sued for allegedly collecting location data from it Windows Phone users despite them opting out of sending location data on their phones. This week, Microsoft has responded to the lawsuit with a statement saying, “Microsoft is [...]
Microsoft sued after collecting WP7 location data without permission
09/01/2011, Apple was on the receiving end of some heavy handed flak for their location-based tracking services, and Microsoft might be walking in their shoes right now after a recent class action lawsuit that was filed in a Seattle district court [...]
