April 29, 2024 at 07:26PM The FCC fined AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US almost $200 million for selling subscribers’ location data to data brokers. The telcos were ordered to pay between $12 million and $80 million. FCC boss Jessica Rosenworcel emphasized the sensitivity of the data being sold and the carriers’ failure to protect … Read more
January 22, 2024 at 03:03AM The U.S. FTC has banned InMarket Media from selling precise location data without consumer consent and ordered it to destroy collected data subject to user approval. InMarket and Outlogic faced bans for allegations of improper location data use. InMarket allegedly harvested location data from various apps, while a study revealed … Read more
January 15, 2024 at 10:40AM The FTC secures settlement with X-Mode Social, prohibiting sale of sensitive location data. Outlogic to delete previously collected data and honor opt-out requests, under FTC settlement. Critical vulnerabilities in Cisco, Siemens, Rapid Software, and Fortinet products. iOSpionage campaign exploited Apple’s ECC. HMG hit by data breach, unable to identify compromised … Read more