NPR's Planet Money reported on what is driving the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's crackdown on data brokers who sell personal information without consumers consenting to how it is used once sold. FTC senior attorney Brian Shull said the commission wants to define when consumers are harmed by this practice and explained the settlement, if approved, would require Outlogic to delete locations from data it sells.
FTC hopes Outlogic case sends message to data brokers
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