Ftc Threatens To Sue Kochava Over Revealing Abortion Clinic Visits

The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to sue an adtech company that claims it disclosed people’s visits to sensitive sites, including women’s reproductive health clinics, according to a lawsuit against the agency. The agency’s proposed complaint against Idaho-based Kochava alleges the company violates laws prohibiting “unfair or deceptive practices” by allowing its customers to license data collected from mobile devices that can identify individuals and track visits. them to health care providers. In addition to women’s reproductive health clinics, the agency says the data can be used to track people in therapists’ offices, drug addiction centers and other medical facilities. Because the coordinates collected by the company include a time stamp, they can be used to determine when a person visited a location. Kochava disclosed the threat in a lawsuit Friday, where the company says the agency “falsely claims” it is violating consumer protection laws. The FTC declined to comment. The move is an early indication of how the agency could assert itself as a defender of health-related data in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. The FTC’s action comes as prominent Democrats, privacy advocates and technologists warn that people’s digital trails could become evidence in abortion prosecutions and after cases where details like search history and Facebook messages about the procedure have been used as evidence against women. Texts, internet searches about abortion have been used to persecute women In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, there are limited steps that Democrats in Washington can take to protect reproductive health data. The Biden White House turned to the Federal Trade Commission to take up the mantle, urging the agency in a July executive order to take steps that would protect people’s privacy when they seek reproductive health services. But the more than 100-year-old agency has struggled to acquire the resources and technological expertise needed to police emerging privacy threats. The FTC has historically been slow to bring and prosecute cases against companies. The FTC’s privacy cases may take years to resolve, but Kochava has already announced some changes to its privacy practices regarding sensitive health data. Kochava said the FTC sent her a proposed complaint “in or around July and August,” about three months after news of the Supreme Court decision first leaked. When you “Ask app not to track”, some iPhone apps keep spying anyway Kochava denies the FTC’s allegations and writes in her suit that they depict a “lack of understanding” of its services. On Thursday, the company announced it would create a “privacy block” service that would remove health location data from its marketplace. “This is a lame attempt by the FTC to give the impression that it is protecting consumer privacy despite the fact that it is based on completely false pretenses,” Brian Cox, managing director of Kochava Collective, the company’s data marketplace, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Cox also said the FTC was trying to get the company to agree to a settlement “thereby setting a precedent throughout the adtech industry and using that precedent to usurp the established lawmaking process of Congress.” The decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that left states free to ban abortions sparked a wave of privacy concerns that adtech companies, or data brokers, that collect and sell personal data could be used to track whether a person visited an abortion provider. These fears are not entirely hypothetical. In 2017, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a settlement with an advertising company hired to direct targeted ads using a technique known as “geofencing” to target “women seeking abortions” while they were in clinic waiting rooms. The women were shown ads with text such as “You have options” and “You are not alone” that directed people to a website with information about alternatives. Planned Parenthood suspends marketing trackers on abortion search pages In addition to enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission could also attempt to protect playback data by creating new privacy regulations. The agency last week announced it was investigating whether to create new rules to tackle “commercial surveillance”. The agency’s request for the public to weigh in on the process outlined concerns about health technology and location data and cited previous measures taken against a period-tracking app. “Some of the talk around recently Dobbs The decision just underscores what many people have been saying for a long time: consumer privacy is not just an abstract issue,” Sam Levine, director of the FTC’s Office of Consumer Protection, told reporters at a news conference about the agency investigating the privacy rules.

title: “Ftc Threatens To Sue Kochava Over Revealing Abortion Clinic Visits Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-23” author: “Danny Davis”

The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to sue an adtech company that claims it disclosed people’s visits to sensitive sites, including women’s reproductive health clinics, according to a lawsuit against the agency. The agency’s proposed complaint against Idaho-based Kochava alleges the company violates laws prohibiting “unfair or deceptive practices” by allowing its customers to license data collected from mobile devices that can identify individuals and track visits. them to health care providers. In addition to women’s reproductive health clinics, the agency says the data can be used to track people in therapists’ offices, drug addiction centers and other medical facilities. Because the coordinates collected by the company include a time stamp, they can be used to determine when a person visited a location. Kochava disclosed the threat in a lawsuit Friday, where the company says the agency “falsely claims” it is violating consumer protection laws. The FTC declined to comment. The move is an early indication of how the agency could assert itself as a defender of health-related data in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. The FTC’s action comes as prominent Democrats, privacy advocates and technologists warn that people’s digital trails could become evidence in abortion prosecutions and after cases where details like search history and Facebook messages about the procedure have been used as evidence against women. Texts, internet searches about abortion have been used to persecute women In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, there are limited steps that Democrats in Washington can take to protect reproductive health data. The Biden White House turned to the Federal Trade Commission to take up the mantle, urging the agency in a July executive order to take steps that would protect people’s privacy when they seek reproductive health services. But the more than 100-year-old agency has struggled to acquire the resources and technological expertise needed to police emerging privacy threats. The FTC has historically been slow to bring and prosecute cases against companies. The FTC’s privacy cases may take years to resolve, but Kochava has already announced some changes to its privacy practices regarding sensitive health data. Kochava said the FTC sent her a proposed complaint “in or around July and August,” about three months after news of the Supreme Court decision first leaked. When you “Ask app not to track”, some iPhone apps keep spying anyway Kochava denies the FTC’s allegations and writes in her suit that they depict a “lack of understanding” of its services. On Thursday, the company announced it would create a “privacy block” service that would remove health location data from its marketplace. “This is a lame attempt by the FTC to give the impression that it is protecting consumer privacy despite the fact that it is based on completely false pretenses,” Brian Cox, managing director of Kochava Collective, the company’s data marketplace, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Cox also said the FTC was trying to get the company to agree to a settlement “thereby setting a precedent throughout the adtech industry and using that precedent to usurp the established lawmaking process of Congress.” The decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that left states free to ban abortions sparked a wave of privacy concerns that adtech companies, or data brokers, that collect and sell personal data could be used to track whether a person visited an abortion provider. These fears are not entirely hypothetical. In 2017, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a settlement with an advertising company hired to direct targeted ads using a technique known as “geofencing” to target “women seeking abortions” while they were in clinic waiting rooms. The women were shown ads with text such as “You have options” and “You are not alone” that directed people to a website with information about alternatives. Planned Parenthood suspends marketing trackers on abortion search pages In addition to enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission could also attempt to protect playback data by creating new privacy regulations. The agency last week announced it was investigating whether to create new rules to tackle “commercial surveillance”. The agency’s request for the public to weigh in on the process outlined concerns about health technology and location data and cited previous measures taken against a period-tracking app. “Some of the talk around recently Dobbs The decision just underscores what many people have been saying for a long time: consumer privacy is not just an abstract issue,” Sam Levine, director of the FTC’s Office of Consumer Protection, told reporters at a news conference about the agency investigating the privacy rules.

title: “Ftc Threatens To Sue Kochava Over Revealing Abortion Clinic Visits Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-24” author: “Cornelia Smith”

The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to sue an adtech company that claims it disclosed people’s visits to sensitive sites, including women’s reproductive health clinics, according to a lawsuit against the agency. The agency’s proposed complaint against Idaho-based Kochava alleges the company violates laws prohibiting “unfair or deceptive practices” by allowing its customers to license data collected from mobile devices that can identify individuals and track visits. them to health care providers. In addition to women’s reproductive health clinics, the agency says the data can be used to track people in therapists’ offices, drug addiction centers and other medical facilities. Because the coordinates collected by the company include a time stamp, they can be used to determine when a person visited a location. Kochava disclosed the threat in a lawsuit Friday, where the company says the agency “falsely claims” it is violating consumer protection laws. The FTC declined to comment. The move is an early indication of how the agency could assert itself as a defender of health-related data in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. The FTC’s action comes as prominent Democrats, privacy advocates and technologists warn that people’s digital trails could become evidence in abortion prosecutions and after cases where details like search history and Facebook messages about the procedure have been used as evidence against women. Texts, internet searches about abortion have been used to persecute women In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, there are limited steps that Democrats in Washington can take to protect reproductive health data. The Biden White House turned to the Federal Trade Commission to take up the mantle, urging the agency in a July executive order to take steps that would protect people’s privacy when they seek reproductive health services. But the more than 100-year-old agency has struggled to acquire the resources and technological expertise needed to police emerging privacy threats. The FTC has historically been slow to bring and prosecute cases against companies. The FTC’s privacy cases may take years to resolve, but Kochava has already announced some changes to its privacy practices regarding sensitive health data. Kochava said the FTC sent her a proposed complaint “in or around July and August,” about three months after news of the Supreme Court decision first leaked. When you “Ask app not to track”, some iPhone apps keep spying anyway Kochava denies the FTC’s allegations and writes in her suit that they depict a “lack of understanding” of its services. On Thursday, the company announced it would create a “privacy block” service that would remove health location data from its marketplace. “This is a lame attempt by the FTC to give the impression that it is protecting consumer privacy despite the fact that it is based on completely false pretenses,” Brian Cox, managing director of Kochava Collective, the company’s data marketplace, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Cox also said the FTC was trying to get the company to agree to a settlement “thereby setting a precedent throughout the adtech industry and using that precedent to usurp the established lawmaking process of Congress.” The decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that left states free to ban abortions sparked a wave of privacy concerns that adtech companies, or data brokers, that collect and sell personal data could be used to track whether a person visited an abortion provider. These fears are not entirely hypothetical. In 2017, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a settlement with an advertising company hired to direct targeted ads using a technique known as “geofencing” to target “women seeking abortions” while they were in clinic waiting rooms. The women were shown ads with text such as “You have options” and “You are not alone” that directed people to a website with information about alternatives. Planned Parenthood suspends marketing trackers on abortion search pages In addition to enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission could also attempt to protect playback data by creating new privacy regulations. The agency last week announced it was investigating whether to create new rules to tackle “commercial surveillance”. The agency’s request for the public to weigh in on the process outlined concerns about health technology and location data and cited previous measures taken against a period-tracking app. “Some of the talk around recently Dobbs The decision just underscores what many people have been saying for a long time: consumer privacy is not just an abstract issue,” Sam Levine, director of the FTC’s Office of Consumer Protection, told reporters at a news conference about the agency investigating the privacy rules.

title: “Ftc Threatens To Sue Kochava Over Revealing Abortion Clinic Visits Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-26” author: “Stephen Mueller”

The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to sue an adtech company that claims it disclosed people’s visits to sensitive sites, including women’s reproductive health clinics, according to a lawsuit against the agency. The agency’s proposed complaint against Idaho-based Kochava alleges the company violates laws prohibiting “unfair or deceptive practices” by allowing its customers to license data collected from mobile devices that can identify individuals and track visits. them to health care providers. In addition to women’s reproductive health clinics, the agency says the data can be used to track people in therapists’ offices, drug addiction centers and other medical facilities. Because the coordinates collected by the company include a time stamp, they can be used to determine when a person visited a location. Kochava disclosed the threat in a lawsuit Friday, where the company says the agency “falsely claims” it is violating consumer protection laws. The FTC declined to comment. The move is an early indication of how the agency could assert itself as a defender of health-related data in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. The FTC’s action comes as prominent Democrats, privacy advocates and technologists warn that people’s digital trails could become evidence in abortion prosecutions and after cases where details like search history and Facebook messages about the procedure have been used as evidence against women. Texts, internet searches about abortion have been used to persecute women In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, there are limited steps that Democrats in Washington can take to protect reproductive health data. The Biden White House turned to the Federal Trade Commission to take up the mantle, urging the agency in a July executive order to take steps that would protect people’s privacy when they seek reproductive health services. But the more than 100-year-old agency has struggled to acquire the resources and technological expertise needed to police emerging privacy threats. The FTC has historically been slow to bring and prosecute cases against companies. The FTC’s privacy cases may take years to resolve, but Kochava has already announced some changes to its privacy practices regarding sensitive health data. Kochava said the FTC sent her a proposed complaint “in or around July and August,” about three months after news of the Supreme Court decision first leaked. When you “Ask app not to track”, some iPhone apps keep spying anyway Kochava denies the FTC’s allegations and writes in her suit that they depict a “lack of understanding” of its services. On Thursday, the company announced it would create a “privacy block” service that would remove health location data from its marketplace. “This is a lame attempt by the FTC to give the impression that it is protecting consumer privacy despite the fact that it is based on completely false pretenses,” Brian Cox, managing director of Kochava Collective, the company’s data marketplace, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Cox also said the FTC was trying to get the company to agree to a settlement “thereby setting a precedent throughout the adtech industry and using that precedent to usurp the established lawmaking process of Congress.” The decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that left states free to ban abortions sparked a wave of privacy concerns that adtech companies, or data brokers, that collect and sell personal data could be used to track whether a person visited an abortion provider. These fears are not entirely hypothetical. In 2017, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a settlement with an advertising company hired to direct targeted ads using a technique known as “geofencing” to target “women seeking abortions” while they were in clinic waiting rooms. The women were shown ads with text such as “You have options” and “You are not alone” that directed people to a website with information about alternatives. Planned Parenthood suspends marketing trackers on abortion search pages In addition to enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission could also attempt to protect playback data by creating new privacy regulations. The agency last week announced it was investigating whether to create new rules to tackle “commercial surveillance”. The agency’s request for the public to weigh in on the process outlined concerns about health technology and location data and cited previous measures taken against a period-tracking app. “Some of the talk around recently Dobbs The decision just underscores what many people have been saying for a long time: consumer privacy is not just an abstract issue,” Sam Levine, director of the FTC’s Office of Consumer Protection, told reporters at a news conference about the agency investigating the privacy rules.

title: “Ftc Threatens To Sue Kochava Over Revealing Abortion Clinic Visits Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Bruce Reynoso”

The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to sue an adtech company that claims it disclosed people’s visits to sensitive sites, including women’s reproductive health clinics, according to a lawsuit against the agency. The agency’s proposed complaint against Idaho-based Kochava alleges the company violates laws prohibiting “unfair or deceptive practices” by allowing its customers to license data collected from mobile devices that can identify individuals and track visits. them to health care providers. In addition to women’s reproductive health clinics, the agency says the data can be used to track people in therapists’ offices, drug addiction centers and other medical facilities. Because the coordinates collected by the company include a time stamp, they can be used to determine when a person visited a location. Kochava disclosed the threat in a lawsuit Friday, where the company says the agency “falsely claims” it is violating consumer protection laws. The FTC declined to comment. The move is an early indication of how the agency could assert itself as a defender of health-related data in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June. The FTC’s action comes as prominent Democrats, privacy advocates and technologists warn that people’s digital trails could become evidence in abortion prosecutions and after cases where details like search history and Facebook messages about the procedure have been used as evidence against women. Texts, internet searches about abortion have been used to persecute women In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, there are limited steps that Democrats in Washington can take to protect reproductive health data. The Biden White House turned to the Federal Trade Commission to take up the mantle, urging the agency in a July executive order to take steps that would protect people’s privacy when they seek reproductive health services. But the more than 100-year-old agency has struggled to acquire the resources and technological expertise needed to police emerging privacy threats. The FTC has historically been slow to bring and prosecute cases against companies. The FTC’s privacy cases may take years to resolve, but Kochava has already announced some changes to its privacy practices regarding sensitive health data. Kochava said the FTC sent her a proposed complaint “in or around July and August,” about three months after news of the Supreme Court decision first leaked. When you “Ask app not to track”, some iPhone apps keep spying anyway Kochava denies the FTC’s allegations and writes in her suit that they depict a “lack of understanding” of its services. On Thursday, the company announced it would create a “privacy block” service that would remove health location data from its marketplace. “This is a lame attempt by the FTC to give the impression that it is protecting consumer privacy despite the fact that it is based on completely false pretenses,” Brian Cox, managing director of Kochava Collective, the company’s data marketplace, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Cox also said the FTC was trying to get the company to agree to a settlement “thereby setting a precedent throughout the adtech industry and using that precedent to usurp the established lawmaking process of Congress.” The decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that left states free to ban abortions sparked a wave of privacy concerns that adtech companies, or data brokers, that collect and sell personal data could be used to track whether a person visited an abortion provider. These fears are not entirely hypothetical. In 2017, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a settlement with an advertising company hired to direct targeted ads using a technique known as “geofencing” to target “women seeking abortions” while they were in clinic waiting rooms. The women were shown ads with text such as “You have options” and “You are not alone” that directed people to a website with information about alternatives. Planned Parenthood suspends marketing trackers on abortion search pages In addition to enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission could also attempt to protect playback data by creating new privacy regulations. The agency last week announced it was investigating whether to create new rules to tackle “commercial surveillance”. The agency’s request for the public to weigh in on the process outlined concerns about health technology and location data and cited previous measures taken against a period-tracking app. “Some of the talk around recently Dobbs The decision just underscores what many people have been saying for a long time: consumer privacy is not just an abstract issue,” Sam Levine, director of the FTC’s Office of Consumer Protection, told reporters at a news conference about the agency investigating the privacy rules.