The FTC has issued a significant order targeting the sharing and selling of users' location data. The order, which is considered 'historic,' is a crackdown on privacy violations. X-Mode is the subject of the latest case, with the FTC highlighting 5 key lessons from the incident. The U.S. government's stance on data rights is described as a Pyrrhic victory.
The U.S. government has won a Pyrrhic victory with its current posture on data rights. https://t.co/b11YJVwVb8
FTC Gives it to X-Mode: 5 Lessons from the Agency’s Latest Consumer Location Data Case https://t.co/4jORCaxpgZ | by @wyrickrobbins
FTC Gives it to X-Mode: 5 Lessons from the Agency’s Latest Consumer Location Data Case https://t.co/7x6y7IpcMi
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win https://t.co/A2KcSwOeV9
FTC’s Most Recent Order Cracks Down on Sharing and Selling Users’ Location Data https://t.co/vj1Exs4Xvj