Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Be Banned

“Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers’ mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Location data is typically collected through mobile apps and other digital services and doesn’t include information such as a name or a phone number. But often, a device’s movement patterns are enough to derive a possible identity of its owner.”