Kochava Can’t Escape FTC’s Unfair Location Data Selling Claims

Kochava Inc. again failed to convince a federal judge to throw out the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing the data broker of unfair data practices.

The data broker “recycled” several “unpersuasive” arguments it brought in previous motions, District Judge B. Lynn Winmill said in a Monday order denying Kochava’s motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the District of Idaho.

The FTC first sued Kochava in August 2022, arguing its geolocation data sales amount to unfair practices under the FTC Act. Kochava’s third attempt to throw out the FTC’s claims didn’t convince the federal judge, who appeared reluctant ...