Mass Transit Operator Accused Of Data Collection Via Smartphone App

(May 25, 2017, 1:01 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) was hit with a putative class complaint in California federal court May 22, with one of its mass transit passengers claiming that the organization’s smartphone application surreptitiously collects the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers associated with users’ phones, as well as their precise locations, in violation of state and federal law (Pamela Moreno v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, et al., No. 4:17-cv-02911, N.D. Calif.)....

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