With this settlement, HTC must immediately stop making false promises about how it respects its customers' privacy. It must also fire up new security measures.
Carrier IQ, a company once vilified for its handling of user data, has just announced its latest hire for the key position of chief privacy officer. New employee Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley comes to Carrier IQ from Verizon, where she served …
Charles River Ventures (CRV), a venture capital firm that focuses on mobile, Internet, and software startups, closed its fifteenth fund of $375 million today.
“We expected this funding raising to be tough given the current environment, and we were surprised …
Moblie carriers Sprint and AT&T have revealed how much they each use data from Carrier IQ, the mobile data monitoring service that’s been raising eyebrows across the globe.
In the ongoing saga of Carrier IQ, we’ve focused a lot of …
Carrier IQ, the beleaguered firm that monitors cell phone data, has sought out meetings with both the FTC and FCC in an attempt to clear its name of wiretapping and privacy-violating allegations.
While other outlets are reporting that Carrier IQ …
Carrier IQ has responded to speculation that it’s turning over your mobile data to law enforcement with an interesting rebuttal.
In an email to VentureBeat, a company spokesperson wrote, “Just to clarify all of the media frenzy around the FBI, …
The FBI is getting data about you from a wide range of sources: Facebook, Google, Microsoft — and Carrier IQ, too.
UPDATE: Carrier IQ has responded to this report with a statement of their own — one that is quite …
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Carrier IQ, a mobile data-tracking company that can best be described as woefully beleaguered, is now being scrutinized for its business practices by international officials as well as lawmakers inside the United States.
In an interview with VentureBeat, the company …
Carrier IQ and a roster of mobile heavyweights (including Apple, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, Samsung and Motorola) are facing a class-action lawsuit based on allegations of invasion of privacy.
Citing the Federal Wiretap Act, the Stored Electronic Communication Act and the …
In this business, sometimes you get the news, and sometimes, the news gets you.
This week, VentureBeat staffers Jolie O’Dell and Chris Peri were saddened and disappointed by news of possible corporate wrongdoing and anti-human bias, all in the arena …
Carrier IQ is an insanely invasive bit of software, and it’s on at least 100 million phones, entirely without the owners’ knowledge.
If you use an Android device, there’s now a simple way to find out if Carrier IQ is …
Two new victims have been sucked into the growing CarrierIQ click tracking scandal. Handset manufacturers Samsung and HTC have been named in a class action suit along with CarrierIQ, alleging that the company is in violation of federal wiretapping guidelines …
To co-opt a line from a song, just because you’re paranoid don’t mean your cell phone carrier ain’t watching you.
One mobile developer, Trevor Eckhart, has lifted the veil on mobile carriers’ insanely invasive practices, which include tracking almost everything …
