FTC Settles With Flashlight App Maker Over Geotracking
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The FTC settled with Goldenshores Technologies over the Brightest Flashlight Free Android app, which allegedly harvested precise geolocation and persistent device identifiers from users and shared that data with advertisers without clear disclosure or affirmative consent; the settlement requires just-in-time disclosures, explicit consent for location sharing, and changes to ads and in-app disclosures.
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