While some states have taken steps to protect cell phone information, Massachusetts could become the first state to outright ban the sale of location data from cell phones. A bill making its way ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONDON — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let ...

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that location data voluntarily provided to apps is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. The ruling stems from a robbery case where police used location data from the ...

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where ...

Google figures out your location by either cell-ID (it knows the location of the cell phone tower you’re using, and figures out where you are from that information), or GPS — depending on the phone.

WAHIAWA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Cell phones have become an essential tool for those who love outdoor activities. For two lost hikers, their cell phones’ geolocation helped save their lives. Get Hawaii’s ...

Unless you are an aficionado of the Patriot Act (USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Pub L 107-56, 115 US Stat 272), or routinely involved in eavesdropping litigation, (18 U.S.C. 2518, et.seq; the Stored ...

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 2 that location data voluntarily provided by smartphone app users is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy wrote in a ...