Data broker Outlogic will be subject to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) first ban on the use, sale, or disclosure of sensitive location data as part of a proposed order announced Tuesday by the agency.
Virginia-based Outlogic and its predecessor X-Mode Social were accused by the FTC of selling nonanonymized location data purchased or collected from their apps or third-party apps to hundreds of clients across a variety of industries without removing sensitive locations like medical clinics or places of worship from the raw data.
