The U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized its January order against data broker InMarket Media over claims of improper location data collection. Per the order, InMarket is barred from selling, sharing or licensing consumer location data and must delete such existing data if it does not obtain valid consent from customers.
FTC finalizes InMarket location data settlement
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