Dennis Noone

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Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin has introduced legislation banning cellphone carriers from selling the geo-location data from their subscribers' cellphones. This data, she says, is too often "repackaged and sold to bounty hunters, bail bondsmen, and any member of the public willing to pay a nominal fee."