Google questioned over reports of massive device tracking database

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Google questioned over reports of massive device tracking database

US congressional leaders raise concerns.

The top Democrats and Republicans on the US House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday wrote to Google chief executive Sundar Pichai raising concerns about reports of a massive database known as Sensorvault containing precise consumer location information on hundreds of millions of devices. ...

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