Amazon sued for allegedly tracking, selling consumers’ location data

Amazon faces class action for covert geolocation tracking through third-party mobile apps

The lawsuit filed in US District Court this week by Felix Kolotinsky of San Mateo, California, claims Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' devices by distributing the Amazon Ads SDK to thousands of mobile app developers, who then embedded it in their applications. The software allegedly allowed Amazon to harvest...Read Entire Article

The e-commerce giant would have had access to the sexual orientation, religion or even the health problems of some users....

Amazon sued for allegedly tracking, selling consumers' location data

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit over allegations that it secretly tracked consumers’ locations and sold their data without consent. The complaint, filed Wednesday, Jan. 29, in a San Francisco federal court, claims the tech giant embedded tracking software into mobile apps to collect location data. According to the complaint, Amazon collected data on daily routines, travel patterns and visits to sensitive locations such as medical offices and reli…

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 class action lawsuit with a demand for a jury trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division on behalf of a group of California residents who claim the company’s data collection practices violate Californ…

Amazon sued for snarfing sensitive data via advertising SDK

Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of secretly tracking consumers through cellphones