Backers call for banning sale of cellphone location data in Mass. Here's why
The bill, which is backed by the ACLU and abortion-rights groups, would make Massachusetts the first state to enact such a total ban.
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The bill, which is backed by the ACLU and abortion-rights groups, would make Massachusetts the first state to enact such a total ban.
It’s no surprise that corporations harvest vast amounts of data about people, but documents in an FTC lawsuit detail the stunning amount that data brokers know about you and everyone else.
"Destroy all location data": FTC head Lina Khan takes on data brokers with groundbreaking medical tracking ban
According to the FTC, Outlogic - a Virginia-based data broker - had no policies until last May to remove doctor's offices, domestic abuse shelters, reproductive health clinics, places of worship and other sensitive locations from raw data it sold.
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