Popular apps could collect your data, affecting car insurance prices
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A man and his family have used the Life360 app for six years.
'We have kids who are driving that go to school, so we want to keep up where everybody is,' said Larry Johnson.
But he learned that the app kept track of his family's driving.
'It's shocking. And it feels like a violation almost,' he said.
We will update this story.
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