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Title: Location data sales are out of control, and should be made illegal [Opinion] Post by: HCK on September 04, 2022, 04:05:05 pm Location data sales are out of control, and should be made illegal [Opinion]
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/08/Location-data.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div> <p>The sale of location data sales has become both big business, and one of the biggest <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">privacy[/url] threats in recent years. While the companies involved in <a href="https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/location-intelligence-market" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this $14B industry[/url] claim that only aggregated and anonymized data is sold, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/10/location-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">numerous investigations[/url] have <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/22/carrier-location-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">shown that this[/url] simply <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/13/location-based-dating-apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">isn’t true[/url].</p> <p>Just yesterday, we learned that the Federal Trade Commission is suing a data broker that can <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/29/tech/ftc-kochava-abortion-suit/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">identify people seeking abortions[/url], and that it made samples of that data publicly available. In the past, we’ve seen how location data can reveal everything from <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/19/location-tracking-database/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">where cops’ kids go to school[/url] to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/27/us-military-movements-smartphone-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">US troop movements in war zones[/url] …</p> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/30/location-data-2/#more-830510" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/30/location-data-2/">Location data sales are out of control, and should be made illegal [Opinion][/url] appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com">9to5Mac[/url].</p> Source: Location data sales are out of control, and should be made illegal [Opinion] (https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/30/location-data-2/) |