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Jezebel
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Could You Be Targeted With Anti-Abortion Ads If You Go to a Planned Parenthood? - Jezebel

Data broker Near Intelligence tracked visits to 600 Planned Parenthood clinics and sold the data to an anti-abortion organization.
Near's former chief privacy officer confirmed that the company collected and sold data without users' permission. [ more ]
Therecord
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Judge allows case against geolocation data broker Kochava to proceed

A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement action against data broker Kochava can continue, a reversal of a prior ruling to dismiss the case.
The court decision is significant for being the FTC's first case against a geolocation data broker to be fought in court and may lay the foundation for a FTC rulemaking on commercial surveillance.
The judge found that Kochava's sale of granular and non-anonymized data could be a violation of FTC regulations and an invasion of privacy. [ more ]
Therecord
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

FTC settles unprecedented case against geolocation data broker

FTC settles with data broker for selling location data
Data broker must stop sharing sensitive location data and establish prevention programs [ more ]
TechCrunch
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data | TechCrunch

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data.
X-Mode, now known as Outlogic, must delete or destroy all previously collected location data unless it obtains consumer consent. [ more ]
news.bloomberglaw.com
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

FTC Reaches First Settlement Banning Location Data Tracking (1)

Data broker X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic LLC have settled with the FTC over the sale of sensitive location information.
X-Mode and Outlogic were accused of selling precise geolocation data that could be used to track users' visits to sensitive locations. [ more ]
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PCMAG
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Senator: This Data Broker Tracked User Visits to 600 Planned Parenthoods

Data broker allegedly tracked user visits to reproductive clinics and gave the information to an anti-abortion campaign.
Senator Ron Wyden is demanding federal regulators intervene and force the data broker to delete the collected information. [ more ]
The Verge
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

FTC bans major data broker from selling invasive location tracking details

The FTC has prohibited Outlogic, a US data broker, from selling or sharing sensitive location information due to a lack of safeguards to protect consumer privacy.
Outlogic's data was capable of tracking individuals to sensitive locations, including domestic abuse shelters and reproductive health clinics. [ more ]
Futurism
1 month ago
Data science

Data Leak Reveals Hundreds of Visitors to Epstein's Private Island

Data broker leaked locations of Little St. James visitors.
Near Intelligence collected geofenced data and sold it to military contractors.
Geofencing allows tracking of individuals' movements. [ more ]
Forbes
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

This Startup Sells Access To Data Locating People At Foreign Military Bases And Embassies

Bazze offers real-time location data for tracking individuals in sensitive locations overseas.
Bazze operates as a marketplace for data, providing access to vast quantities of intelligence sourced from various databases. [ more ]
WIRED
4 months ago
EU data protection

The Sad Truth of the FTC's 'Historic' Privacy Win

The FTC reached a settlement with a data broker that was selling sensitive location data.
The settlement requires the company to stop selling the data and delete all gathered data. [ more ]
Theregister
4 months ago
Information security

FTC wins first settlement banning sale of location data

The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with data broker X-Mode Social, prohibiting them from sharing or selling sensitive location data.
X-Mode was accused of selling raw non-anonymized location data collected through its own apps and an SDK found in hundreds of popular apps on Apple and Android devices. [ more ]
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