洛杉磯已經解決了對天氣頻道應用程式運營商的訴訟。紐約市在2019年對該公司提起訴訟，指控該應用誤導數百萬人，允許他們訪問個人位置資料，並將這些資料**給第三方。

儘管IBM在一份宣告中將這些原始宣告稱為“毫無根據”，以此來慶祝這一時刻，但聽起來它們基本上是真的——因為和解協議唯一需要的是天氣頻道主動警告使用者，是的，您的位置資料是**的。

作為和解協議的一部分，該應用的運營商TWC產品與技術有限責任公司（TWC Product and Technology LLC）和該應用的所有者IBM公司（IBM Corporation）已同意修改位置跟蹤披露螢幕，以“確保使用者的透明度和知情同意”。

以下是這些新披露的內容（用粗體顯示）：

Location and Your Weather

Did you know that if you allow access to your device’s location and barometric pressure sensor data, it enables us automatically to provide you with more accurate local forecasts? As our Privacy Policy describes, if you grant permission, we use your device’s location to deliver forecasts and weather alerts. We also may use and share this information with trusted partners for ads, and to provide and improve our Services. Regardless of whether or not you allow location access, you can always receive accurate local forecasts by manually entering a location. You can change permissi*** at any time. Learn More.

I Understand

How We Use and Share Location Information

We collect your device’s location information and pressure sensor data through our applicati*** so that we can offer you certain location-based features like forecasts, weather alerts, and ads, and to provide and improve our Services. The way we collect that information is different depending on whether you are accessing the Services through a website or mobile application.

You can still use our application without giving us permission to access your device’s location services by manually entering a location in the search field. However, if you disable your device’s location services, you will not have access to some of our features like real-time weather alerts for an exact location. If you grant permission, we may use and share your device’s location to deliver you ads relevant to your location, and to provide and improve the Services.

If you’ve also enabled personalized advertising, we may use and share your device’s location data with trusted partners to deliver ads that are relevant to you based on places you may have visited (for example, coffee shops). For more information on these trusted partners and the use and sharing of location data, you can review the section on sharing data in our Privacy Policy.

To learn more about how we use and share your device’s data and our commitment to protecting your privacy, visit our Privacy Policy.

TWC和IBM還同意在未來兩年內將這些披露螢幕的任何未來變化通知洛杉磯，並給該市另一個可能在法庭上對其提出質疑的機會。

IBM的一位發言人告訴Verge：“氣象公司對位置資料的使用一直是透明的。“我們從一開始就從根本上不同意這起訴訟，在案件審理過程中，我們表明這些說法是毫無根據的。”

天氣頻道應用程式是美國最受歡迎的服務之一。它是iOS上“天氣”類的頭號應用，該公司稱，2019年，該應用在全球擁有超過5000萬活躍使用者。2015年，IBM收購了氣象頻道的數字部分。

洛杉磯市檢察官說，除了和解協議之外，IBM還向洛杉磯市和洛杉磯縣捐贈技術，以幫助在冠狀病毒大流行期間進行合同追蹤和資料儲存。