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Massachusetts weighs outright ban on selling user location data (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by iuseit@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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In rare positive news Massachusetts is weighing banning the sale of user location data. Do you feel like this will make a difference if it gets passed?

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[–] Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com 26 points 1 year ago

It's a small step, but does not solve the issue of location being tracked to start with. A better law would be to ban the tracking of location without consent, along with banning requiring location tracking for services that don't technically require it.