WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a popular Android mobile app that turns your phone into a flashlight has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that the software secretly supplied cellphone locations to marketers, even when consumers rejected its terms of service.
The settlement against Goldenshores Technologies LLC, which makes the “Brightest Flashlight Free” app, comes as the FTC is taking a closer look at app developers, websites and other companies that track consumers’ data without their knowledge. The company will make changes under the agreement; no fines were imposed.
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