Judge unseals FTC complaint against Kochava alleging ‘staggering’ data broker practices

An Idaho federal judge on Friday unsealed a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging the data broker firm Kochava illegally obtains and sells a shocking amount of highly sensitive information about consumers including their mobile device IDs, yearly income, app usage, and nearly real-time geolocation within 10 meters. The court also denied a Kochava request for

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