May 04, 2026
Mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. has agreed to halt the disclosure of sensitive location data without consumers' affirmative express consent to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's longstanding claims that the data broker sold geolocation data from mobile devices that could be used to track people to reproductive health clinics, places of worship and other sensitive places.
February 26, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission and Kochava Inc. told an Idaho federal judge Thursday that they have negotiated a final deal to resolve claims alleging the mobile app analytics provider illegally sold geolocation data from mobile devices that could be used to track people to reproductive health clinics, places of worship and other sensitive places.
February 03, 2025
An Idaho federal judge on Monday again refused to throw out the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. of selling consumers' geolocation data without proper consent, ruling that nothing meaningful has changed since Kochava's previous dismissal bid.
July 26, 2024
A D.C. federal judge plans to order TargetSmart to turn over supplier contracts to the Federal Trade Commission in the agency's case against TargetSmart client Kochava on Friday, after TargetSmart's attorney said she was "99% sure that there was no due diligence done by Kochava" regarding the data's provenance.
February 05, 2024
An Idaho federal judge has refused to ax the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. of unlawfully selling precise geolocation data, finding that the expanded consumer harm allegations that the agency put forth in its revised complaint were sufficient to allow the dispute to move forward.
January 01, 2024
Litigation accusing tech giants, healthcare companies, retailers and other website operators of unlawfully tracking users' activities is expected to continue to occupy the spotlight in 2024, in addition to a constitutional challenge being mounted by Facebook's parent company to the Federal Trade Commission's enforcement authority and an ongoing flood of biometric privacy suits that could be joined by a similar influx of health privacy disputes.
November 03, 2023
Kochava lost its bid Friday to keep sealed the latest rendition of the Federal Trade Commission's complaint, unveiling more details of the FTC's allegations in Idaho federal court that the mobile app analytics provider unlawfully collects and sells geolocation data and personal information of hundreds of millions of consumers.
June 15, 2023
Kochava is urging an Idaho federal court to keep under seal the Federal Trade Commission's revamped allegations over the mobile app analytics provider's allegedly unlawful sale of geolocation data, arguing that the agency is peddling a "false and highly inflammatory" narrative that's "clearly aimed" at misleading the court and the public.
May 04, 2023
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.
February 21, 2023
An Idaho federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing a mobile app analytics provider of unlawfully selling sensitive geolocation information, saying several "fact-driven" issues still remained and that the most he would do is order the commission to fix some "technical shortcomings" in its pleadings.