Current：Home > InvestWhy the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers -MoneyBase
Why the FTC is cracking down on location data brokers
View
Date：2025-04-13 21:03:00
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！ (35)
Related
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Wisconsin Elections Commission rejects recall attempt against state’s top Republican
- Mass shooting shutters Arkansas town’s only grocery store — for now
- A closer look at what’s in New Jersey’s proposed $56.6 billion budget, from taxes to spending
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- That job you applied for might not exist. Here's what's behind a boom in ghost jobs.
- Marilyn Monroe’s former Los Angeles home declared a historic monument to save it from demolition
- Future of delta-8 in question as lawmakers and hemp industry square off
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- John O’Keefe, the victim in the Karen Read trial, was a veteran officer and devoted father figure
Ranking
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- After split with NYC July 4 hot dog competition, Joey Chestnut heads to army base event in Texas
- Lakers draft Bronny James: What it means for him, team and LeBron's future
- Baltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to mass shooting
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- Reality show winner gets 10 years for enticing underage girl to cross state lines for sex
- Man, woman in their 80s are killed in double homicide in western Michigan, police say
- 2024 NBA draft live: Bronny James expected to go in second round. Which team will get him?
Recommendation
Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
How The Real Housewives of New York City's New Season 15 Housewife Is Making History
Biden campaign, DNC highlight democracy, Jan. 6 in lead-up to debate
Frank Bensel makes hole-in-one on back-to-back shots at the U.S. Senior Open
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
'Buffy' star Sarah Michelle Gellar to play 'Dexter: Original Sin' boss
Mia Goth and Ti West are on a mission to convert horror skeptics with ‘MaXXXine’
Lawmakers advance proposal to greatly expand Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania