In a first, the US FTC bans data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling phone location data and orders the company to delete all collected data
TechCrunch Carly Page
Related Coverage
- FTC Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data Federal Trade Commission
- FTC settlement bars data broker from selling sensitive location info Reuters
- In the fight over abortion rights, the government bans its first company from tracking medical visits Politico
- FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data The Hacker News
- FTC bans data broker from selling Americans' location data BleepingComputer
- FTC settles unprecedented case against geolocation data broker The Record
- FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete data Hacker News
- FTC Bans X-Mode From Selling Phone Location Data Slashdot
Discussion
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@carlypage@mastodon.social
Carly Page
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my first piece as a TC full-timer (🥺), and it's good news for once: a first of its kind FTC settlement has banned controversial data broker X-Mode from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data https://techcrunch.com/...
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@bedoyaftc
Alvaro Bedoya
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Today, @FTC brought and settled charges against a data broker who, among other things, tracked people to their cardiologists, endocrinologists, or gastroenterologists and used that information to sell custom audience segments to third parties. [image]
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@kashhill
@kashhill
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RiteAid on facial recognition technology and now XMode/Outlogic on location data — very interesting privacy enforcement actions from the @FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/...
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@linakhanftc
Lina Khan
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1. Too often, data brokers track & sell Americans' location data—revealing not just where someone lives, but which doctors they visit and where they worship. @FTC has taken action to ban data broker X-Mode/Outlogic from selling sensitive location data. https://www.ftc.gov/...