Current：Home > NewsWhy the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers -CapitalSource
Why the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers
View
Date：2025-04-17 18:39:57
It's no secret — your phone knows where you are, and if that data exists, someone else might have it. Back in 2022, we covered the murky market for smartphone location data. Now, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on this multi-billion dollar industry. In today's episode, we explain why the agency is trying to ban a data broker from selling information tied to sensitive places like medical facilities.
Related episodes:
Ad targeting gets into your medical file (Apple / Spotify)
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (5763)
Related
- US auto safety agency seeks information from Tesla on fatal Cybertruck crash and fire in Texas
- Red Wings' David Perron suspended six games for cross-checking Artem Zub in the head
- Ramaswamy was the target of death threats in New Hampshire that led to FBI arrest, campaign says
- Georgia high school football player found dead day before state championship game
- Sam Taylor
- Zac Efron Shares How 17 Again Costar Matthew Perry Pushed Him in Life
- Police responding to burglary kill a man authorities say was armed with knife
- Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson and singer Ciara welcome daughter Amora Princess
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Second person of interest taken into custody in murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll
Ranking
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- Arkansas AG rejects language for proposed ballot measure protecting access to government records
- Miss Nicaragua pageant director announces her retirement after accusations of ‘conspiracy’
- Raven-Symoné reveals her brother died of colon cancer: 'I love you, Blaize'
- Big Lots store closures could exceed 300 nationwide, discount chain reveals in filing
- Second person of interest taken into custody in murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll
- Zac Efron Shares How 17 Again Costar Matthew Perry Pushed Him in Life
- Legislation that provides nature the same rights as humans gains traction in some countries
Recommendation
In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
Rescuers have recovered 11 bodies after landslides at a Zambia mine. More than 30 are feared dead
Ramaswamy was the target of death threats in New Hampshire that led to FBI arrest, campaign says
An unpublished poem by 'The Big Sleep' author Raymond Chandler is going to print
US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
Messi vs. Ronaldo will happen again: Inter Miami will play in Saudi Arabia early in 2024
Alyson Hannigan Shows Off 20-Pound Weight Loss After Dancing With the Stars Journey
Thousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU