Illinois poised to ban geolocation tracking without consent

The US state of Illinois is poised to pass a law that makes it illegal to track a phone’s location without the owner’s consent. The law, the Geolocation Privacy Protection Act (HB3449), was passed in both houses of the state legislature last week. It’s now on the desk of Governor Bruce Rauner, ready to be signed into law.
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