A lawsuit filed by the city attorney of Los Angeles claims that the Weather Channel app misinforms users about how it is utilizing their location data. IBM subsidiary The Weather Channel markets its free app as the world s most downloaded weather app, touting 45 million users monthly. The lawsuit alleges that the app told users it was collecting location data to personalize their alerts and forecasts when in reality the app was profiting from user location data unrelated to said weather alerts or forecasts.
Source: https://threatpost.com/lawsuit-weather-channel-location-data/140579/