洛杉矶已经解决了对天气频道应用程序运营商的诉讼。纽约市在2019年对该公司提起诉讼，指控该应用误导数百万人，允许他们访问个人位置数据，并将这些数据**给第三方。

尽管IBM在一份声明中将这些原始声明称为“毫无根据”，以此来庆祝这一时刻，但听起来它们基本上是真的——因为和解协议唯一需要的是天气频道主动警告用户，是的，您的位置数据是**的。

作为和解协议的一部分，该应用的运营商TWC产品与技术有限责任公司（TWC Product and Technology LLC）和该应用的所有者IBM公司（IBM Corporation）已同意修改位置跟踪披露屏幕，以“确保用户的透明度和知情同意”。

以下是这些新披露的内容（用粗体显示）：

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TWC和IBM还同意在未来两年内将这些披露屏幕的任何未来变化通知洛杉矶，并给该市另一个可能在法庭上对其提出质疑的机会。

IBM的一位发言人告诉Verge：“气象公司对位置数据的使用一直是透明的。“我们从一开始就从根本上不同意这起诉讼，在案件审理过程中，我们表明这些说法是毫无根据的。”

天气频道应用程序是美国最受欢迎的服务之一。它是iOS上“天气”类的头号应用，该公司称，2019年，该应用在全球拥有超过5000万活跃用户。2015年，IBM收购了气象频道的数字部分。

洛杉矶市检察官说，除了和解协议之外，IBM还向洛杉矶市和洛杉矶县捐赠技术，以帮助在冠状病毒大流行期间进行合同追踪和数据存储。