Amazon collected an enormous amount of timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop, and visit, revealing sensitive information such as religious affiliations, sexual orientations,

A group of consumers sued Amazon Wednesday for allegedly getting “backdoor access” to their data and tracking their location.

A new lawsuit is accusing Amazon of secretly tracking users through their smartphones, collecting detailed location data.

Amazon allegedly provided tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps.