Data broker Outlogic has agreed not to share or sell sensitive location data in settlement of a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company failed to place appropriate safeguards on the third-party use of the personal information. 

In its administrative complaint, the FTC claimed the company formerly known as X-Mode Social sold location data that could be used to track people’s visits to such places such as medical or reproductive health clinics, places of worship, and domestic abuse shelters.

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