Shopping mall’s wifi spy is closed down

A Paris shopping mall has shut down its wifi spy operation where it collected data from customers’ mobile phones on which shops they visited and for how long.

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Published Monday 14 August 2017 - 17:17 Modified Monday 14 August 2017 - 17:17

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The Quatre Temps in La Défense, Paris, said the data had been erased.

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