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Riley Schnepf

6 Laws That Allow Private Companies to Track Your Movements

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Most people assume that their daily movements—where they shop, drive, walk, or work—are private. But that’s no longer true. Every time you open an app, swipe a card, or connect to Wi-Fi, there’s a good chance your location is being logged, sold, and stored. What’s more disturbing? It’s all legal.

We live in a world where privacy is often traded for convenience. But beneath the surface is a vast, largely invisible economy powered by your location data. And many of the laws that should protect you were written long before smartphones and GPS tracking became ubiquitous.

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