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Daily Dashboard | FTC Settles with Flashlight App Developer Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled with an Android flashlight app developer over charges that the app deceived consumers about how their geolocation information would be shared with advertising networks and other third parties. “Brightest Flashlight Free,” developed by Goldenshores Technologies, allegedly failed to disclose within its privacy policy that it transmitted users’ precise locations and unique device identifiers to third parties. The settlement, the FTC’s first based on location data, prevents the company from misrepresenting how it collects and uses consumer data and requires it to provide a just-in-time disclosure informing consumers of how their data is used and obtain express consent. Meanwhile, a study has found most mobile apps put privacy at risk. Mobile privacy is one of three focuses for the FTC in 2014.
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