NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Waylon Wong.

And I'm Darren Woods. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on companies that handle

sensitive location data. The market for location data is this multi billion dollar

industry and the FTC is particularly concerned with data linked to

places like medical facilities. The agency is going after companies that it believes are collecting this

information via mobile apps often without users knowledge or direct consent.

And last month the FTC reached its first settlement with what's called a location data broker.

This is a company that collects and sells digital information about people's whereabouts.

Scary stuff and so back in 2022 we covered how mobile location data is gathered sold and used

After the break we'll have an update to that episode including a conversation

with an FTC lawyer who worked on this milestone privacy case.

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