FTC bars data broker from selling sensitive location information, like clinic visits

Healthcare DIVE January 10, 2024
Emily Olsen

The Federal Trade Commission reached a first-of-its-kind settlement with a data broker that the regulator alleged sold data that could be used to track visits to locations like medical clinics.

Dive Brief:

• In a first of its kind settlement, the Federal Trade Commission banned a data broker from sharing or selling sensitive information, following allegations that the company sold raw location data that could be used to track visits to places like medical or reproductive health clinics.
• The FTC alleged that Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, failed to use safeguards to remove sensitive locations and didn’t fully disclose its practices or receive permission from users.
• The settlement is the latest action by federal regulators to tamp...

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