Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data

[rcjordan]

Location, location, location.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/technology/weather-channel-app-lawsuit.html

[littleman]

Yet the company, which is owned by IBM, also used the data for unrelated commercial purposes, like targeted marketing and analysis for hedge funds, according to the lawsuit.

I'd like to know how that works.