Several major news organizations and outlets, from AFP to CNBC to The Hill, are reporting that Facebook told US senators that it continues to track users’ location even after they’ve turned those settings off within the app. Don’t be shocked — we learned about this exactly one year ago. Yesterday, Facebook‘s deputy chief privacy officer, Rob Sherman, explained the how and why in a letter to senators Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), after they asked about the company’s policies on location tracking. anyone want a granular accounting of how Facebook knows your location no? well here you go…
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