Ftc Sues Data Broker Says Practices Put Abortion Seekers At Risk
The FTC said that any person or entity with this data could use it to target certain groups of individuals, such as abortion-seekers, religious groups, or sexual minorities. The Commission said that the company’s data security practices violate Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, which prohibits American entities from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices. “The FTC alleges that by selling data tracking people, Kochava is enabling others to identify individuals and exposing them to threats of stigma, stalking, discrimination, job loss, and even physical violence,” the FTC’s press release reads....