Suzanne Smalley reports:
Mobile device users who sued the data broker Kochava asked a federal judge for final approval to settle a lawsuit in a deal that will force the company to no longer share or sell data revealing sensitive locations.
Kochava is currently embroiled in ongoing litigation with the Federal Trade Commission, which has said that the data broker’s sale of precise geolocation within 10 feet of a device, along with other highly sensitive data, violates the agency’s rule against unfair and deceptive practices.
Kochava has agreed to significant changes to its business practices as part of the deal.
If the judge approves the settlement, Kochava will also no longer be able to directly profit off of location data it pulls from software development kits embedded in apps by selling the data to other parties.
Read more at The Record.