British mobile phone users’ movements 'could be sold for profit’

Hackers could steal users' location data, finding out 'where you are, how you got there and where you are going', say campaigners

British mobile phone users are one data breach away from having the routines of their daily lives revealed to criminals, privacy campaigners have said.

Mobile phone networks and wireless hotspot operators are collecting detailed information on customers' movements that reveal intimate details of their lives, two separate investigations into mobile data retention have found.