FTC bans major data broker from selling invasive location tracking details

The Verge
By Jess WeatherbedJan 10, 2024, 11:52 am188 pts
The settlement comes over three years after Google and Apple banned X-Mode Social’s tracking software from their app stores. | Image: The Verge / Alex Castro The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has prohibited Outlogic, the massive US data broker formerly known as X-Mode Social, from selling or sharing…

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