Tag: location

Tesla to Pick Location for New Factory This Year, Musk Says

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday the automaker would probably pick a location for a new factory by the end of this year. When the Wall Street Journal’s Thorold Barker asked Musk at an event if India was interesting, he said, “Absolutely.” Tesla is “serious” about its plans to establish a…


Google to Pay Arizona $85 Million to Settle Location Data Lawsuit

Google will pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich over the way the company used people’s location data. Brnovich’s office alleged Google deceptively obtained user location data to “make billions of dollars in profit” in what the office called “one of the biggest consumer fraud lawsuits in Arizona…


Three US States, DC Sue Google Over Location-Tracking

WASHINGTON—Texas, Indiana, Washington State, and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access,”…


Conservatives Ask Privacy Czar to Probe Pandemic Related Use of Mobile Location Data

OTTAWA—A Conservative MP is asking Canada’s privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien, Tory MP John Brassard accuses the Public Health Agency of Canada of secretly using the pandemic to violate the privacy of Canadians….


Samsung Decision on New US Chip Plant Location ‘Imminent’: Texas County Judge

AUSTIN—A decision by Samsung Electronics on the location of its new $17 billion U.S. chip plant was imminent, the judge for Texas’ Williamson County, which is in the running for the new factory, said on Thursday. “The decision is imminent. My experience with Samsung is that they move nimbly and swiftly,” County Judge Bill Gravell…