Massachusetts weighs outright ban on selling user location data

The Massachusetts state legislature is considering a bill that would ban the sale of users' phone location data. If passed, the Location Shield Act would be the first such law in the nation as Congress stalls on comprehensive user privacy solutions on a national scale. The state's proposed legislation would also require a warrant for law enforcement to access user location data from data brokers. Today, The Wall Street Journalpublished a report with numerous details on the proposed legislation, ...