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FTC proposed order bans Kochava location-data sales

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The FTC reached a proposed order that would bar Kochava and Collective Data Solutions (CDS) from selling precise location data without consumers' explicit consent. The settlement resolves charges tied to alleged sales of geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. Regulators said the data could expose visits to mental health and addiction recovery facilities, reproductive health clinics, places of worship, and shelters. The order matters because it would turn a privacy enforcement case into a court-backed ban plus consent, reporting, and retention controls for a major data broker.

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  1. 05.05.2026 17:39 2 articles · 2mo ago

    FTC proposed order limits Kochava location-data sales

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    The Federal Trade Commission filed a proposed order in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho that would bar Kochava and Collective Data Solutions (CDS) from selling, licensing, transferring, or disclosing precise location data without affirmative express consent unless the data is used to provide a service consumers directly requested. The order also requires a sensitive location data program, supplier consent verification, consumer access and consent-withdrawal controls, incident reporting for third-party misuse, and a data retention and deletion schedule, following allegations that Kochava sold geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices through an AWS Marketplace feed that could reveal visits to mental health and addiction recovery facilities, reproductive health clinics, places of worship, and shelters.

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