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On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep of the location data industry for potential noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more
A new California investigative sweep into the location data industry focuses on whether businesses have violated state law relating to the consumers’ right to limit how their personal information – including their geolocation...more
The French Data Protection Authority launches a public consultation on location data of connected vehicles, until May 20, 2025. This work will shape future regulations regarding the use of location data and its impact on...more
In a press release on March 10, 2025, California Attorney General (“California AG”) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep focusing on California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) compliance within the location data...more
On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) announced an “ongoing investigative sweep” into the use of consumer location data by mobile app providers, advertising networks and data brokers. The AG sent...more
On March 10, the California attorney general’s office announced an “ongoing investigative sweep into the location data industry” (“investigative sweep”) for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”)...more
In late February, California lawmakers introduced new legislation that would impose sweeping restrictions on the use of location and tracking data. Known as the California Location Data Act (CLDA), this legislation goes a...more
On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta launched an investigation into the location data industry, issuing letters to companies that the AG alleged “appear to be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy...more
California has again made headlines this week with two notable data privacy developments under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”): (1) the California Attorney General’s (“California AG”) announcement of a new...more
On March 10, 2025, the Office of the Attorney General of California (CAAG) announced an enforcement sweep of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) focused on the location data industry. Attorney General Rob Bonta stated...more
This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a...more
On February 21, 2025, representatives in the California legislature introduced California Assembly Bill 1355, also known as the California Location Privacy Act (“AB 1355”). AB 1355 seeks to amend the California Consumer...more
On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting the location data industry for potential non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”)....more
Businesses operating in California that rely on location tracking – whether for fleet management, employee monitoring, logistics, or marketing – should pay close attention to a bill that would dramatically alter the legal...more
An online retailer was recently hit with the first class action under Washington’s consumer health data privacy law alleging that it used advertising software attached to certain third-party mobile phone apps to unlawfully...more
When you use your cellphone to search for businesses near you, you may opt into data collection about your location with an accuracy of within a few hundred feet. Often, unless you affirmatively opt out later, that data...more
When it comes to discovery of mobile devices, it’s not just the data that’s important for discovery, but also the data about the data – the metadata – that can be used to authenticate evidence, to determine whether the data...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently settled complaints against two data brokers over their handling of consumers’ sensitive location information. The agency alleged that such practices constitute unfair practices. Under the...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been on a mission to get the message across that it is serious about companies collecting, using, and selling sensitive location data of consumers and that it is closely watching these...more
I have commented before that I do not enable location-based services unless I use an app that requires it, like a ride-sharing app or directions. One of the reasons is to prevent data brokers and others from using precise...more
On August 9, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in United States v. Smith, No. 23-60321, broadly holding: “that the use of geofence warrants … is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.” This categorical holding...more
County police officers were investigating a theft of farm equipment. They applied for a “geofence warrant” to be served on Google: “A geofence warrant authorizes the seizure of location data collected from smartphones of...more
The FCC continues to take a more active role in privacy with its enforcement of the customer propriety network information (“CPNI”) regulations. Recently, the FCC released Forfeiture Orders against the three largest mobile...more
Mobile devices and cell phones are frequent sources of evidence in modern legal cases and investigations, and a common question involves where a phone was at a particular time. Although CSI makes this seem like a question...more