FILE PHOTO: Federal Trade Commission seal is seen at a news conference at FTC headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo/File Photo
(Reuters) - Outlogic, a Virginia-based data broker, agreed to stop selling sensitive location data that helps track people's whereabouts, as part of the Federal Trade Commission's first data tracking settlement.
Tuesday's accord resolves claims that Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, violated consumers' privacy for several years by selling their data to advertisers, researchers, retailers and government contractors without permission.
