Historic! Selling smartphone location data can soon be BANNED in the US for the first time ever
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In what could be a watershed moment for the US and the world at large, the state of Massachusetts can soon ban buying and selling smartphone location data almost entirely, according to a report. The law, which can be the first of its kind in the US, would put a stop to entities buying the location data drawn from smartphones of consumers. This will also be the first time any state in the US has attempted to stop what has become a billion-dollar industry.According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the state legislature held a hearing on a bill named Location Shield Act in June. The bill made a proposal to cut down the practice of both collecting as well as selling the location data captured from the mobile phones of the users. Further, the bill also suggests that even law en...