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Does anyone know if and how this would affect cellphone companies who sell location data to data brokers? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-verizon-locatio
by pcarolan 8y ago
Does anyone know if and how this would affect cellphone companies who sell location data to data brokers?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-verizon-location-data-20180619-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-verizon-location-data-...
You practically can't opt of this or are often unaware given the complexity of an average app's TOS.
- JoblessWonder 8y agoThe decision seems to be pretty narrowly focused on law enforcement and rules of evidence, so it shouldn't stop practice from continuing.
- econochoice 8y agoHow would this affect law enforcements ability to use data they bought from telcos?
- JoblessWonder 8y agoIANAL, but the way I read it they would not be able to use that data without a warrant, which will likely mean that law enforcement will no longer be paying for a third party when they could just use the warrant to get it directly from the telcos. (Unless the telcos don't have historical data but a third party does? Either way, a warrant would be required to gather that data without risking jeopardizing the entire case.)