location data

Biometrics Startup Incognia Raises $31 Million for Anti-Fraud Tools
Biometrics Startup Incognia Raises $31 Million for Anti-Fraud Tools
January 31, 2024  |  Biometrics

Biometrics startup Incognia has raised $31 million to develop its location identity offerings. The funding, announced in a Wednesday (Jan. 31) press release, will also help the...

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Mapbox Raises $280 Million to Expand AI-Driven Location Features
Mapbox Raises $280 Million to Expand AI-Driven Location Features
September 19, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Mapbox, a location platform, has secured a $280 million investment in a Series E funding round to support the expansion of its platform in the...

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US Gov’t Talks With Big Tech About Tracking Coronavirus
US Gov’t Talks With Big Tech About Tracking Coronavirus
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The U.S. government is reportedly in talks with big tech companies about coming up with a way to use location services on cellphones to track...

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FCC To Crack Down On Sharing Of Mobile Users’ Location Data
FCC To Crack Down On Sharing Of Mobile Users’ Location Data
February 02, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Wireless networks that sold their customers’ real-time location data violated U.S. law, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai wrote in a letter to Congress...

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Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
October 16, 2019  |  Regulation

The CEO of Foursquare, a location data company, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times Wednesday (Oct. 16), saying, “It’s time for Congress...

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Authorities Ask For Google’s Help To Track Bank Robbers
Authorities Ask For Google’s Help To Track Bank Robbers
August 28, 2019  |  Google

Federal agents served Google with a search warrant in November, asking for data that could help them solve a bank robbery outside of Milwaukee. The...

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Law Enforcement Use Of Google Search Warrants Increasing
Law Enforcement Use Of Google Search Warrants Increasing
April 15, 2019  |  Legal

Law enforcement agencies around the country are increasingly going after search warrants to obtain information from Google, based on the location data of phones near...

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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Feel The Heat From Location Data Sharing
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Feel The Heat From Location Data Sharing
June 20, 2018  |  Data

It brings in customers, and matches them with the products they want at the right time. It helps determine what offers and discounts might trigger...

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Location Is Everything – In QSRs As In Real Estate
Location Is Everything – In QSRs As In Real Estate
October 12, 2017  |  ResTech

Advertising is a challenge in the omnichannel age, no matter who you are — but perhaps for none more so than quick service restaurants (QSRs), at...

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