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By Jeffrey Neuburger on January 4, 2019

Yesterday, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed an unfair competition lawsuit on behalf of the People of the State of California against the operator of the popular Weather Channel app (“TWC app”) for allegedly failing to conspicuously disclose to users that the TWC app collects and shares users’ mobile geolocation data. (People v. TWC Product and Technology, LLC (Cal. Super., L.A. County)).  In essence, the suit alleges that the TWC app mines users’ precise geolocation data after receiving permission to gather location information to provide “personalized local weather data” without also adequately disclosing that the app also packages this data trove for advertising and analytics services unrelated to weather reporting.

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