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FTC Cracks Down on Selling Sensitive Location Info, Restricts Use of Consumer Data for 1st Time

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more

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FTC's Sensitive Location Privacy Collection and Sale Expectations: Insights From Data Broker Settlements (and 10 Action Items to...

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Following several years of investigating the common practices in the space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first settlement with a data broker over the alleged collection and sale of location information that...more

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Want to Ban the Sale of Cellular Location Data: What Do Employers Need to Know?

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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering banning the sale of cellular location data across the state, which would be the first legislation of its kind in the country. The Massachusetts Location Shield Act was proposed in the...more

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Post-Dobbs Task Force - SCOTUS Overrules Roe v. Wade: Part IV: The Impact of Dobbs on Data Privacy – FTC v. Kochava

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a complaint against a data broker alleging that the collection and sale of precise location data significantly harms consumers, especially if the data contains information...more

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Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Ban the Sale of Location and Health Data

On June 15, 2022, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill, cosponsored by a host of other Democratic and independent Senators, the “Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2022,” which, subject to a few exceptions,...more

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