Microsoft tracks the location of its mobile users even after customers turned the software off, a lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges.
The legal action claims that owners of Windows Phone 7 smartphones are being unwittingly tracked when the camera on their phone is switched on.
The lawsuit, filed in a Seattle federal court, claims that Microsoft collects data about the whereabouts of its users even after customers have opted out of location tracking.
Microsoft declined to comment on Thursday morning.
The lawsuit follows mounting concern about how technology giants, including Apple and Google, record users' private data. Microsoft, Nokia, Apple and Google were called before the US Congress in April to explain their privacy policies after security researchers uncovered hidden location-tracking software in iPhones. Google Android phones were subsequently found to gather location data, but required users' explicit permission.
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