Kochava, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:22-cv-00349

Court:

Idaho

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

B Lynn Winmill

Government Agencies

  1. May 04, 2023

    Kochava Escapes FTC Data Privacy Suit, For Now

    An Idaho federal judge on Thursday ordered the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen its consumer harm assertions if it wants to move forward with its location data privacy suit against Kochava, while separately finding no basis for the court to entertain the mobile app analytics provider's parallel suit seeking to block the agency's enforcement action. 

  2. January 04, 2023

    FTC Blasts Data Broker Co.'s 'Preemptive' Privacy Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission told an Idaho federal court a "preemptive" suit from a mobile app data analytics broker wrongly tries to stop the government from taking enforcement action against the company, urging the court to dismiss the suit against the agency.

  3. August 29, 2022

    FTC Brings Privacy Suit Against Co. Challenging Its Authority

    The Federal Trade Commission is moving forward with a lawsuit against mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc., which the agency claims is unlawfully selling geolocation information that can be used to track people to reproductive health care clinics and other sensitive places.

  4. August 16, 2022

    Idaho Co. Fights FTC's Suit Threat Over Data Tracking

    A marketing and analytics company has sued the Federal Trade Commission in Idaho federal court over the agency's threat to challenge the company's sale of consumer geolocation data, which could be used to track people to sensitive places, like therapists' offices and reproductive health care clinics.