Taking Back Our Stolen History
Cuebiq
Cuebiq

Cuebiq

an “offline intelligence and measurement company” that’s amassed a value of up to $162 million by gathering and selling cellphone data to advertisers. When a person installs one of around 200 mobile apps partnered up with the firm, they grant the app permission to send their data to Cuebiq. These apps include MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Photobucket, Tapatalk, and several popular coupon apps. According to several reports by TechCrunch and the Guardian in 2018, these apps give “little to no mention” that sensitive data will be shared with third parties like Cuebiq. The data was used during the COVID-19 lockdown to track peoples movement and determine who was obeying the draconian stay-at-home orders or not.1