Current：Home > ScamsWhy the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers -EquityWise
Why the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers
View
Date：2025-04-19 15:55:06
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！ (92)
Related
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Barrage of bomb threats emailed to schools cancels classes across the Baltic countries
- Prosecutor files case against Argentina’s frontrunner Javier Milei days before presidential election
- Children younger than 10 should be shielded from discussions about Israel-Hamas war, psychologist says
- Connie Chiume, South African 'Black Panther' actress, dies at 72
- In Israel’s call for mass evacuation, Palestinians hear echoes of their original catastrophic exodus
- An employee at the Israeli Embassy in China has been stabbed. A foreign suspect is detained
- Medicare Part B premiums for 2024 will cost more: Here's how much you'll pay
- Matt Damon remembers pal Robin Williams: 'He was a very deep, deep river'
- 'Wait Wait' for October 14, 2023: 25th Anniversary Spectacular, Part VII!
Ranking
- 'Meet me at the gate': Watch as widow scatters husband's ashes, BASE jumps into canyon
- Executive at Donald Trump’s company says ‘presidential premium’ was floated to boost bottom line
- Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw
- Want a Drastic Hair Change? Follow These Tips From Kristin Cavallari's Hairstylist Justine Marjan
- Oklahoma parole board recommends governor spare the life of man on death row
- Maryland court order enables shops to sell hemp-derived products
- The reclusive Sly Stone returns, on the page
- Arizona tribe is protesting the decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents for fatal shooting
Recommendation
Kourtney Kardashian Cradles 9-Month-Old Son Rocky in New Photo
Proof Hugh Jackman and Estranged Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Are on Good Terms
France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly school stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical
Golden Bachelor's Joan Vassos Shares Family Update After Shocking Exit
Report: Lauri Markkanen signs 5-year, $238 million extension with Utah Jazz
Horoscopes Today, October 13, 2023
Malaysia will cut subsidies and tax luxury goods as it unveils a 2024 budget narrowing the deficit
How Chloé Lukasiak Turned Her Toxic Dance Moms Experience Into a Second Act