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A federal judge has denied Kochava's latest attempt to ditch a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging the firm is invading consumers' privacy and exposing them

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has long expressed a concern about the potential misuse of location data. For example, in a 2022 blog post, “Location, health, and other sensitive...

Posts about health care written by Karl Bode, Techdirt, and Michael Ho

The reversal of Roe is resulting in dramatic new pressures on privacy reform, given how easily consumer location data can be weaponized against abortion seekers and those helping them. Not just by authoritarian-leaning state governments, but potentially by vigilantes who'll find little trouble buying such data on the cheap from a wide array of irresponsible…

Posts about kochava written by Karl Bode

Posts about reproductive rights written by Karl Bode

The Federal Trade Commission is suing a data broker that the agency claims has sold sensitive location data that can identify specific abortion-seekers, religious worshipers or others who may be

Federal Trade Commission says the data could be used to track visits to reproductive-health clinics.

Federal Trade Commission says the data could be used to track visits to reproductive-health clinics.