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Daily Dashboard | Ad network settles with FTC, will pay $950,000 in civil penalties for location tracking Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday it has settled with the Singapore-based mobile advertising company InMobi under charges that it “deceptively tracked” the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers — including children — without notification or consent. As part of the settlement, InMobi will pay $950,000 in civil penalties and implement a comprehensive privacy program. The FTC alleges that the company — whose ad software reaches nearly 1 billion consumers worldwide — also violated COPPA by collecting location information from apps directed at children. “This settlement ensures that InMobi will honor consumers’ privacy choices in the future, and will be held accountable for keeping their privacy promises,” said FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich.
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