Editing Privacy (section)

====Ethical controversies over location privacy====
There have been scandals regarding location privacy. One instance was the scandal concerning [[AccuWeather]], where it was revealed that AccuWeather was selling locational data. This consisted of a user's locational data, even if they opted out within Accuweather, which tracked users' location. Accuweather sold this data to Reveal Mobile, a company that monetizes data related to a user's location.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Zack|title=AccuWeather caught sending user location data – even when location sharing is off|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/accuweather-caught-sending-geo-location-data-even-when-denied-access/ |date=Aug 22, 2017 |access-date=2021-11-22|website=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref>  Other international cases are similar to the Accuweather case. In 2017, a leaky API inside the McDelivery App exposed private data, which consisted of home addresses, of 2.2 million users.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2017|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|title=McShame: McDonald's API Leaks Data for 2.2 Million Users|url=https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/mcshame-mcdonalds-api-leaks-data-for-22-million-users-p-2426|access-date=2021-11-22|website=BankInfoSecurity|language=en}}</ref>

In the wake of these types of scandals, many large American technology companies such as Google, Apple, and Facebook have been subjected to hearings and pressure under the U.S. legislative system. In 2011, US Senator [[Al Franken]] wrote an open letter to [[Steve Jobs]], noting the ability of [[iPhones]] and [[iPads]] to record and store users' locations in unencrypted files.<ref>Popkin, Helen A.S., [https://archive.today/20120714202126/http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/21/6508416-govt-officials-want-answers-to-secret-iphone-tracking "Government officials want answers to secret iPhone tracking"]. MSNBC, "Technolog", April 21, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Apple faces questions from Congress about iPhone tracking|website=[[Computerworld]]|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2507868/apple-faces-questions-from-congress-about-iphone-tracking.html |first1=Gregg |last1=Keizer |date=2011-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720044451/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2507868/apple-faces-questions-from-congress-about-iphone-tracking.html|archive-date=2019-07-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Apple claimed this was an unintentional [[software bug]], but Justin Brookman of the [[Center for Democracy and Technology]] directly challenged that portrayal, stating "I'm glad that they are fixing what they call bugs, but I take exception with their strong denial that they track users."<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple denies tracking iPhone users, but promises changes|website=[[Computerworld]]|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506250/apple-denies-tracking-iphone-users--but-promises-changes.html |first1=Gregg |last1=Keizer |date=2011-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329094239/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2506250/apple-denies-tracking-iphone-users--but-promises-changes.html|archive-date=2023-03-29|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the U.S. state of Arizona found in a court case that Google misled its users and stored the location of users regardless of their location settings.<ref name="state-arizona-redacted-complaint">{{cite web|url=https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/Complaint%20%28redacted%29.pdf|title=Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief|access-date=2021-06-03|date=2021-06-03|publisher=The Superior Court of the State of Arizona In and For the County of Maricopa}}</ref>