A Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Data

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A Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Data
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Except we don't have an adequate transportation system despite all the data they keep collecting.

I can't comment on that! Just that phone data is very valuable for transportation modelling!

Sure. My point is that it's irrelevant. You're acting like there's a trade off between privacy and the public good, but because the goal is profitability we get neither privacy nor public good.

Oh I agree. My original comment was adding to the one preceeding mine, not a direct response to the article. Yes, the US needs GDPR, despite it making aspects of my job annoying I am glad it exists.