First: FTC extends data broker crackdown as Khan’s term nears likely end The Federal Trade Commission unveiled settlements with two major data brokers on Tuesday that will prohibit them from selling users’ sensitive location data — an enforcement action that could mark Lina Khan’s last big move on data privacy as chair of the agency.

The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trump administration will be far more lenient.

The FTC accused Mobilewalla of gathering location data on hundreds of millions of devices from online advertising auction platforms where companies bid for space to show their ads