Tag: location_data

FTC Bans Data Broker Kochava from Selling Sensitive Location Data

4 May 2026 5:01 p.m.

The Federal Trade Commission is prohibiting data broker Kochava and its subsidiary from selling sensitive consumer location data without consent, settling allegations that the company sold data linked to hundreds of millions of mobile devices.

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