Amazon sued over alleged unlawful user data tracking
US e-commerce giant Amazon is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company covertly monitored and commercialised the detailed location data of its consumers in California. The complaint was lodged by Felix Kolotinsky,
Amazon secretly tracked Californian consumers via cellphones, lawsuit alleges
Amazon collected an enormous amount of timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop, and visit, revealing sensitive information such as religious affiliations, sexual orientations,
Amazon sued for allegedly slurping sensitive data via advertising SDK
Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims Amazon and its advertising subsidiary have been sued for allegedly collecting personal and location data from third-party mobile apps without obtaining users' informed consent.
Amazon sued for tracking users through their smartphones
Amazon is being sued by consumers who claim that the company has been secretly tracking their movements through their smartphones. The class action lawsuit, filed in a San Francisco federal court, claims that Amazon gained "backdoor access" to the phones of users.
Consumers sue Amazon over alleged tracking of sensitive data
A class of consumers sued Amazon.com, Inc. on Wednesday, claiming the technology company secretly tracked and sold their sensitive data without their consent. Plaintiff Felix Kolotinsky brought the
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