Judge Rejects Kochava’s Bid to Nix FTC Location Data Lawsuit (1)

A federal judge rejected data broker Kochava Inc.'s request to throw out a regulator’s case over the sale of users’ location information.

Judge Lynn Winmill determined that Kochava’s sale of data “invades consumers’ privacy and exposes them to significant risks of secondary harms.” The Federal Trade Commission’s victory comes after it filed an amended complaint that added new details on how Kochava offers services that could be used to pair identifiable information with precise geolocation data.

The FTC plausibly argued that Kochava’s harm is rooted in its sale of “‘massive amounts of private and encyclopedic information’ that puts consumers at ...