Data Tracking
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Bell wants to track customers’ every move; security experts urge cautionBell Canada is asking customers for permission to track everything they do with their home and mobile phones, internet, television, and apps in return for "tailored" advertising and promotions.ConsumerJan 8, 2019
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B.C. government to start better tracking on empty homes and rental stock as part of Speculation TaxB.C. Finance Minister Carole James says the province hopes to have additional data on housing trends once the speculation tax comes into full effect in 2019.PoliticsDec 28, 2018
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U.S. adopts digital-era privacy rules to regulate how phone companies track devicesThe justices’ 5-4 decision marks a big change in how police may obtain information that phone companies collect from the ubiquitous cellphone towers that allow people to make and receive calls, and transmit data.ConsumerJun 23, 2018
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200 million people across U.S. and Canada had real-time location exposedLocationSmart, which collects location data from millions of cellphones across North America, reportedly revealed the real-time location of over 200 million people due to a website bug.CanadaMay 19, 2018
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WhatsApp will now share your phone number with FacebookWhatsApp will soon start sharing users' phone numbers with it's parent Facebook, marking a notable shift in its stance on privacy.TechAug 25, 2016
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Uber faces controversy over plan to track user’s locations even when app isn’t runningChanges to Uber’s privacy policy, set to go into effect July 15, would allow the ridesharing app to track its user’s location data even when the app isn’t running, prompting privacy concerns.TechJun 22, 2015
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