Microsoft collects phone location data without permission

A lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges that Microsoft tracks the location of its mobile users even after customers turned the software off. U.S. citizen and Windows Phone 7 user Rebecca Cousineau is now suing Microsoft on her own behalf and on behalf of all others who have this software.

"The Windows Mobile operating system is clearly sending information that can lead to accurate location information of the mobile device regardless of whether the user allowed it," researcher Samy Kamkar wrote in an analysis made public yesterday as part of a lawsuit filed against Microsoft. Lawyers for the suit, who are seeking class action status, hired him to perform the testing.

The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft's letter to congress, which claimed that location data is collected "always with the express consent of the user", was "false".

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