Equifax states it may collect your precise physical location if you enable location features in its mobile apps, and may also collect your approximate location based on your IP address when you use its services.
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Location data can reveal sensitive patterns about where you live, work, seek medical care, or worship, and precise geolocation is classified as sensitive personal information under California law and several other state privacy frameworks.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify retention periods for geolocation data or fully enumerate all purposes for which location data may be used, creating some uncertainty about the full scope of this provision's practical impact.
Equifax may collect precise geolocation data through its mobile applications and approximate location through IP address tracking, and this data may be used in profiling or shared with affiliates and partners. California residents have the right to limit use of sensitive personal information including precise geolocation.
How other platforms handle this
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
Your organization may allow you to access and export your data in order to back it up or transfer it to a service outside of Google.
To stop us collecting your location information, you can update your device settings, stop using the Service, or uninstall our mobile apps.
"Geolocation data: We may collect precise geolocation data if you enable location-based features in our apps or if you provide your location. We may also collect your approximate location based on your IP address.Excerpt from Equifax's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: CPRA classifies precise geolocation data as sensitive personal information and grants California consumers the right to limit its use and disclosure.
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Location data can reveal sensitive patterns about where you live, work, seek medical care, or worship, and precise geolocation is classified as sensitive personal information under California law and several other state privacy frameworks.
Equifax may collect precise geolocation data through its mobile applications and approximate location through IP address tracking, and this data may be used in profiling or shared with affiliates and partners. California residents have the right to limit use of sensitive personal information including precise geolocation.
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