Popular apps could collect your data, affecting car insurance prices
Apps on your phone may be tracking you in ways you don't even realize.
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We will explain how that information could send prices soaring for things you pay like car insurance this morning on News Center 7 Daybreak from 4:25 a.m. until 7 a.m.
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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.
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