[us0r]

"FTC Bans Location Data Company" no not really.

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2123035gravyana...

As I skim that it just feels like a pile of shit that does nothing but create a few jobs to make reports. It doesn't bind the management. They can literally go do the same thing tomorrow.

Oh wait... "Gravy Analytics is now part of Unacast!"

Why isn't Unacast a party? Where is the monetary fine?

[armanhq]

Are we skimming the same thing here? Section II explicitly binds the management and prohibits sale of precise sensitive location data. This is a consent decree - not sure what the FTC banning a company would look like exactly - using your example, Unacast would be bound by the terms of the decree. FTC's shuttering a line of business for these companies and requiring guardrails (which sure, might create jobs for reporting but...those data governance jobs for this type of data specifically should probably exist?), seems like an ok remedy imo. For context:

> "II. Prohibitions on the Use, Sale, or Disclosure of Sensitive Location Data IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondents and Respondents’ officers, agents, and employees, whether acting directly or indirectly, must not sell, license, transfer, share, disclose, or otherwise use in any products or services Sensitive Location Data associated with the Sensitive Locations that Respondents have identified within 90 days of the effective date of this Order as part of the Sensitive Locations Data Program established and maintained pursuant to Provision III below."

[fallingknife]

Yeah government doesn't want to end the surveillance. They want to access it. This action serves that purpose and also makes more work for bureaucrats and lawyers. It's a real win-win from a DC perspective.