Tech Crunch – FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data

Posted on January 9, 2024

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first of its kind settlement prohibits X-Mode, now known as Outlogic, from sharing and selling users’ sensitive information to others. The settlement will also require the data broker to […]