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===Continued sale of data to data brokers (''2021-'')=== | ===Continued sale of data to data brokers (''2021-'')=== | ||
In December 2021, an investigation by The Markup found that the data of over 33 million people was being sold to various data brokers, including X-Mode who sold data to defense contractors (despite Life360 prohibiting the sale or marketing of user data to government agencies since 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/12/06/the-popular-family-safety-app-life360-is-selling-precise-location-data-on-its-tens-of-millions-of-user|title=The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users|date=2021-12-06|work=The Markup|first1=Jon|last1=Keegan|first2=Alfred|last2=Ng}}</ref> The app was described as a "firehose of data", with the sale of user data occurring since 2016 according to | In December 2021, an investigation by The Markup found that the data of over 33 million people was being sold to various data brokers, including X-Mode who sold data to defense contractors (despite Life360 prohibiting the sale or marketing of user data to government agencies since 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/12/06/the-popular-family-safety-app-life360-is-selling-precise-location-data-on-its-tens-of-millions-of-user|title=The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users|date=2021-12-06|work=The Markup|first1=Jon|last1=Keegan|first2=Alfred|last2=Ng}}</ref> The app was described as a "firehose of data", with the sale of user data occurring since 2016 according to former employees of both Life360 and X-Mode. It was noted that the sale of user data made up for 20% of the yearly revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/life360-family-safety-app-sells-user-location-data-report-2021-12|title=Popular safety app Life360 is reportedly selling the precise location data of millions of kids and their families|work=Business Insider|date=2021-12-07|first=Hannah|last=Towey}}</ref> | ||
In 2023, a proposed class-action lawsuit was brought forward against Life360 based on the information found in the 2021 investigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/06/01/life360-sued-for-selling-location-data|title=Life360 Sued for Selling Location Data|first=Jon|last=Keegan|date=2023-06-01|work=The Markup}}</ref> | In 2023, a proposed class-action lawsuit was brought forward against Life360 based on the information found in the 2021 investigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/06/01/life360-sued-for-selling-location-data|title=Life360 Sued for Selling Location Data|first=Jon|last=Keegan|date=2023-06-01|work=The Markup}}</ref> | ||
In 2024, X-Mode and Outlogic were charged by the FTC for not obtaining user consent for raw location data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-order-prohibits-data-broker-x-mode-social-outlogic-selling-sensitive-location-data|title=FTC Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data |date=2024-01-09|work=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref> | |||
===Data breach (''2024'')=== | ===Data breach (''2024'')=== | ||