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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Location Privacy

Morgan Lewis

FTC Settlements Provide Updated Guidance on Collection or Use of Geolocation Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reached two settlements in actions against data brokers concerning their use of consumer location data and banning them from collecting, using, or selling consumer location data...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FTC Orders Data Broker to Stop Sharing Sensitive Location Data

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In its May 2023 complaint, the FTC alleged that data broker Outlogic (formerly known as X-Mode Social) (hereafter Outlogic) had engaged in activities that violated Section 5(a) of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. § 45(a)), which...more

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Recent Enforcement Actions Signal FTC Focus on Protecting Location Data

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On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its first ever prohibition on the use, sale and disclosure of sensitive location data against X- Mode Social and Outlogic (“X-Mode”), a location data broker. Only...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Gives it to X-Mode: 5 Lessons from the Agency’s Latest Consumer Location Data Case

The FTC announced an action last week against location data broker X-Mode Social and its corporate successor Outlogic (collectively, “X-Mode”) based on several alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act. According to FTC...more

BCLP

Precise Geolocation: Recent Trends and Enforcement

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“Precise Geolocation” has become a hot button issue in the privacy world with recent data privacy laws seeking to regulate the collection and processing of such information, including in California and Virginia. The...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

The FTC’s Post-Dobbs Focus on Location Privacy Draws a Legal Challenge

As we had previously blogged, the FTC in guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health indicated that it would aggressively wield its enforcement authority in relation to deceptive...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

FTC Blog Post Highlights Regulatory Focus on Collection of Location and Health Data

On July 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published “Location, health, and other sensitive information: FTC committed to fully enforcing the law against illegal use and sharing of highly sensitive data,” on its...more

Kilpatrick

When “Imprecise” is Precisely the Place to Be: NAI’s Detailed Guidance on Location Data

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The alarm bells have been sounding about location tracking, and the state legislatures have been responding. Perhaps the loudest ringing in 2020 is from the Washington Privacy Act, the Senate and House versions of which are...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Locational Tracking on iOS and Android Devices: Check the Platform’s Rules!

This post discusses some of the contractual requirements imposed by Apple and Google regarding the collection and sharing of locational information. What consents, if any, do Apple and Google require that app publishers...more

BCLP

GeoLocation Tracking

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Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general information about a consumer’s...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Weather Apps Tracking more than Weather Patterns

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If you're like millions of Americans, you use the AccuWeather app for iOS to keep up to date about whether the weekend's forecast means fun in the sun or hiding out from the rain. It turns out that AccuWeather may have been...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Recent FTC Consent Decree with InMobi for Unlawful Geolocational Tracking Provides Insight for App Developers

Recently in United States v. InMobi Pte Ltd., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set a new standard for geolocational tracking. The FTC told app developers and app marketers one simple rule: honor consumers location privacy...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip # 33 – Shopper tracking billboards

I have commented before on the use of location based services on mobile telephones and that apps (and your telecommunications provider) use and sell your location data for all sorts of purposes without your knowledge. The...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FTC Issues New Guidance for Mobile App Developers that Collect Location Data

A mobile app that collects users’ location data while the mobile app is not in use should clearly disclose such practices and provide users with choices. Failure to do so could give rise to an FTC claim of deceptive...more

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