* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    Safety concerns in Deep Ellum create apprehension as the entertainment district gains visitors – CBS News

    Safety Concerns Surge Amid Deep Ellum’s Booming Popularity and Growing Crowds

    Elisabeth Moss’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Emmy chances, by the numbers – Yahoo

    Elisabeth Moss’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Emmy chances, by the numbers – Yahoo

    ‘Gangs of London’ Producer Explains Season 3 Deaths, Hypes Season 4 – Citizen Tribune

    Gangs of London’ Producer Reveals Shocking Season 3 Deaths and Teases Exciting Season 4

    The Iconic Missouri Diner That Gives You A Taste Of Live Entertainment With Your Meal – Yahoo

    Savor Delicious Meals While Enjoying Live Entertainment at Missouri’s Iconic Diner

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Tech Champions with Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions – Buzz Media Group

    Meet Tech Champion Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions

    Crypto’s true revolution is about humanity, not technology – Cointelegraph

    Crypto’s Real Revolution: Transforming Humanity Beyond Technology

    $1 Billion Problem: New Technology Could Save Your Daily Cup of Coffee – SciTechDaily

    The $1 Billion Challenge: How New Technology Could Rescue Your Daily Cup of Coffee

    Canada’s construction industry gets serious about investing in technology as pressure mounts to do more with less – Yahoo Finance

    Canada’s Construction Industry Accelerates Tech Investments to Overcome Growing Challenges and Boost Efficiency

    Workforce Technology Eases Staffing Shortages in Rural Health Care – AJMC

    Workforce Technology Eases Staffing Shortages in Rural Health Care – AJMC

    Get the lead out: Putting new at-home lead testing technology to the test | Denver7 Investigates – Denver7

    Putting the Latest At-Home Lead Testing Technology to the Ultimate Test

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    Safety concerns in Deep Ellum create apprehension as the entertainment district gains visitors – CBS News

    Safety Concerns Surge Amid Deep Ellum’s Booming Popularity and Growing Crowds

    Elisabeth Moss’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Emmy chances, by the numbers – Yahoo

    Elisabeth Moss’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Emmy chances, by the numbers – Yahoo

    ‘Gangs of London’ Producer Explains Season 3 Deaths, Hypes Season 4 – Citizen Tribune

    Gangs of London’ Producer Reveals Shocking Season 3 Deaths and Teases Exciting Season 4

    The Iconic Missouri Diner That Gives You A Taste Of Live Entertainment With Your Meal – Yahoo

    Savor Delicious Meals While Enjoying Live Entertainment at Missouri’s Iconic Diner

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Tech Champions with Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions – Buzz Media Group

    Meet Tech Champion Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions

    Crypto’s true revolution is about humanity, not technology – Cointelegraph

    Crypto’s Real Revolution: Transforming Humanity Beyond Technology

    $1 Billion Problem: New Technology Could Save Your Daily Cup of Coffee – SciTechDaily

    The $1 Billion Challenge: How New Technology Could Rescue Your Daily Cup of Coffee

    Canada’s construction industry gets serious about investing in technology as pressure mounts to do more with less – Yahoo Finance

    Canada’s Construction Industry Accelerates Tech Investments to Overcome Growing Challenges and Boost Efficiency

    Workforce Technology Eases Staffing Shortages in Rural Health Care – AJMC

    Workforce Technology Eases Staffing Shortages in Rural Health Care – AJMC

    Get the lead out: Putting new at-home lead testing technology to the test | Denver7 Investigates – Denver7

    Putting the Latest At-Home Lead Testing Technology to the Ultimate Test

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Technology

The Sad Truth of the FTC’s Location Data Privacy Settlement

January 16, 2024
in Technology
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s Location Data Privacy Settlement
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement last week with an American data broker known to sell location data gathered from hundreds of phone apps to the US government, among others. According to the agency, the company ignored in some cases the requests of consumers not to do so, and more broadly failed to ensure that users were notified of how their harvested data would be used.

News that the settlement requires the company, formerly known as X-Mode, to stop selling people’s “sensitive location data” was met with praise from politicians calling the outcome “historic” and reporters who deemed the settlement a “landmark” win for the American consumer. This “major privacy win,” as one outlet put it, will further require the company, rebranded as Outlogic after its activities were exposed, to delete all of the data it has illicitly gathered so far.

Outlogic, for its part, offered a drastically different take, denying any wrongdoing and vowing that the FTC order would “not require any significant changes” to its practices or products. While the company is potentially downplaying the cost to its business, it is certainly true that any ripples from the settlement will be imperceptible to consumers and Outlogic’s industry at large—one which profits by selling Americans’ secrets to spy agencies, police, and the US military, helping the government to dodge the supervision of the courts and all its pesky warrant requirements.

The FTC’s crackdown on X-Mode’s activities may indeed be historic, but from a consumer standpoint, it’s for all the wrong reasons. First, it’s important to understand that the order concerns what the FTC is calling “sensitive location data,” a term of art impressively deluding and redundant at the same time. Any data that exhaustively chronicles a person’s physical presence—every moment of every day—is inherently sensitive.

There is no question that persistently tracking people’s whereabouts reveals political, religious, and even sexual associations. The act of collecting this data is a sweeping form of surveillance no matter the target. While it is easier, perhaps, to imagine how guests of “medical and reproductive health clinics, places of religious worship and domestic abuse shelters” are especially vulnerable to commercial forms of stalking, there are myriad ways in which people’s whereabouts, once exposed, can endanger or ruin their lives.

Location data is inherently sensitive—so says society, an overwhelming consensus of privacy experts, and the highest court in the land.

One need only look to Congress to understand the level of fear that this precise form of surveillance inspires in those who’ve never been battered, stalked, or unhoused. Members of the House Intelligence Committee—most of whom lack an internal reproductive system—are vying at this very moment to shield federal lawmakers alone from this invasive and omnipresent tracking.

Given the current political climate, it’s not hard to imagine why politicians are afraid of surrendering their location data, leaving it accessible to virtually anyone on the cheap. But they are relatively few in number, and hardly any of them fall into the category of “most at-risk” for violence or discrimination. Unlike those who do, members of Congress have the unique power to change the law and protect themselves. Given the opportunity, that’s precisely what many have opted to do—just as they did a year earlier for federal judges.

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : Wired – https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-xmode-outlogic-location-data-settlement/

Tags: FTC'stechnologyTruth
Previous Post

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech

Next Post

The Internet Couldn’t Save Vivek Ramaswamy

Tech Champions with Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions – Buzz Media Group

Meet Tech Champion Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions

June 20, 2025

Register-Guard hires new high school sports reporter: Meet Jarrid Denney – The Register-Guard

June 20, 2025
New ecology association in Eskişehir opposes cyanide-based gold mine project – Medya News

New ecology association in Eskişehir opposes cyanide-based gold mine project – Medya News

June 20, 2025
Confirmed by science—an unexpected finding in farm fields reveals the enormous potential of agricultural land to combat global warming – El Adelantado de Segovia

Science Reveals Shocking Potential of Agricultural Land to Combat Global Warming

June 20, 2025
News – Backed by science: BSC fuels Air Force Medical Service – DVIDS

Science-Driven Innovation: How BSC Empowers the Air Force Medical Service

June 20, 2025
If you’re balancing aging parents, kids, and your own dreams — these 7 truths hit hard – VegOut

If you’re balancing aging parents, kids, and your own dreams — these 7 truths hit hard – VegOut

June 20, 2025
Club World Cup 2025: Tournament’s new innovations to football – BBC

Club World Cup 2025: Tournament’s new innovations to football – BBC

June 20, 2025
California’s economy expected to slow as unemployment rate rises – Sacramento Bee

California’s Economy Faces Slowdown Amid Rising Unemployment

June 20, 2025
Gastroenterologist shares 7 refreshing drinks that support liver health and reduce inflammation | Health – Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

7 Refreshing Drinks That Naturally Boost Liver Health and Combat Inflammation

June 20, 2025
How I Discuss the Current Political Chaos When Patients Ask Health-Related Questions About It – The ASCO Post

How I Discuss the Current Political Chaos When Patients Ask Health-Related Questions About It – The ASCO Post

June 20, 2025

Categories

Archives

June 2025
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30 
« May    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (694)
  • Economy (708)
  • Entertainment (21,609)
  • General (15,479)
  • Health (9,749)
  • Lifestyle (714)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (711)
  • Politics (715)
  • Science (15,928)
  • Sports (21,205)
  • Technology (15,695)
  • World (688)

Recent News

Tech Champions with Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions – Buzz Media Group

Meet Tech Champion Leo Bletnitsky of Healthy Technology Solutions

June 20, 2025

Register-Guard hires new high school sports reporter: Meet Jarrid Denney – The Register-Guard

June 20, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version