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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, at podium, speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. The operator of The Weather Channel mobile app has agreed to change how it informs users about its location-tracking practices and sale of personal data as part of a settlement with the Los Angeles city attorney's office, officials said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Feuer alleged in a 2019 lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court that app users were misled when they agreed to share their location information in exchange for personalized forecasts and alerts. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)

Weather Channel app to change practices after LA lawsuit

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

A monitor advertises a new global forecasting system at the IBM booth at CES International, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Los Angeles accuses The Weather Channel app in court of deceptively mining, selling user data

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A mobile phone with The Weather Channel app location preference page is seen Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer said Friday that owners of The Weather Channel app, one of the most popular mobile weather apps, used it to track people's every step and profit off that information. Feuer said the company misled users of the popular app to think their location data will only be used for personalized forecasts and alerts. A spokesman for app owner IBM Corp. says it's been clear about the use of location data and will vigorously defend its &quot;fully appropriate&quot; disclosures. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Weather Channel app accused of selling users’ personal data

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