Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel app, which is owned by IBM, for slyly using location data for commercial purposes (New York Times)

New York Times:
Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel app, which is owned by IBM, for slyly using location data for commercial purposes  —  The Weather Channel app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers …

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