Good things are happening! One less state will sell your every step, red states are green-lighting paid family leave, Tulsa reckons with its brutal history, and Illinois puts a higher price on sports betting.
Turning Off Location Share
Oregon became the second state to prohibit the sale of a person’s precise location, especially for minors, boosting the state’s privacy and consumer protections.
Mobile devices like cell phones and smart watches automatically track your location wherever you go with them. And the companies that make them, as well as the apps that have your location, sell this information to data brokers to target people with advertisements. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it’s also a serious privacy issue: the whereabouts of a tracked device can also reveal sensitive information about a person, including their religious and political affiliations, immigration status, or where they seek health care, potentially exposing them to discrimination.
Mobile devices like cell phones and smart watches automatically track your location wherever you go with them. And the companies that make them, as well as the apps that have your location, sell this information to...
