Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, the company behind the Brightest Flashlight Free app, will have to be more direct with consumers in the future about how information is gathered and for what purposes.

If you’ve ever wondered what the point of those flashlight apps are, wonder no more: they are kick-butt investigation tools. The next time you need to crawl down a 150-foot electrical conduit and ...

The developer of the Brightest Flashlight app deceived consumers by transmitting their geolocation data and unique device identifiers to ad networks, the Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday. The ...

A torch app for Android devices called Brightest Flashlight has fallen afoul of the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) over its data-sharing practices. The application, which has been downloaded between ...