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Daily Dashboard | Lawsuits filed against ‘Pokemon Go’, IP mapping company Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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Two separate lawsuits have emerged against companies that use location data. A family in Alberta, Canada, has initiated a class-action lawsuit against the makers of “Pokemon Go” because their house is a “Gym” in the augmented reality game, meaning it’s a destination for players. Homeowner Barbra-Lyn Schaeffer said more than 100 players have wandered onto her property in the past month. A separate lawsuit has been filed by a Kansas, U.S., family against IP mapping company MaxMind. The issue, originally reported on by Fusion’s Kashmir Hill, involves a default GPS setting — which happens to be where the family lives, meaning law enforcement is often called out to the family’s home thinking it’s a place where a crime has been committed. MaxMind has changed the IP location, but not all users have updated their settings, meaning the issue could affect the family for years to come.
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