Amazon Sued in First ‘My Health, My Data’ Privacy Dispute (2)

Amazon.com Inc. was accused of violating federal wiretap and Washington state privacy laws by harvesting location data of tens of millions of unsuspecting Americans by licensing its software development tools to a variety of apps.

Amazon tracked users’ location data without their consent, using it for targeted advertising and other means of enriching its business, according to a complaint filed by an Amazon app user Monday in the US District Court Western District of Washington.

Information collected by these apps also included “biometric data and precise location information that could reasonably indicate a consumer’s attempt to acquire or receive health ...