The FTC is cracking down on firms that unlawfully exploit people’s sensitive location data and ensuring that we protect Americans from unchecked surveillance," said FTC Chair Lina Khan.

Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals' religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status and more agreed to stop using data on visits to sensitive locations, the U.

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against two location data companies after it said that they unlawfully tracked and sold private consumer information.

The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trump administration will be far more lenient.

The US regulator is cracking down on Mobilewalla and Gravy Analytics/Venntel for selling the location information for controversial purposes without obtaining user consent.

Precise location data from advertising IDs and mobile apps can be used for surveillance that, according to the FTC, puts millions of Americans at risk.

We all know the joke, you talk about buying something or visit somewhere and next thing, all you see are ads for that thing. Well, to no one’s surprise it seems that some data brokers are being less than scrupulous with your private data,