Kochava, Inc.
The FTC sued Kochava over the alleged sale of precise location data that could trace visits to sensitive locations. A June 2026 stipulated order resolves the action and restricts Kochava and Collective Data Solutions from selling or disclosing sensitive location data without the order’s consent and direct-service conditions.
Case identifiers
- Respondent
- Kochava, Inc. (and Collective Data Solutions, LLC)
- Agency
- Federal Trade Commission (stipulated order entered June 2026)
- Announced
- 2026-06-26
- Filed
- 2022-08-29
- Monetary relief
- Injunctive only
- Case number
- FTC v. Kochava, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-00377 (D. Idaho)
- Statutes cited
- FTC Act § 5 (unfair practices)
Key facts
- 1
FTC filed suit in D. Idaho seeking to halt Kochava’s sale of precise location data collected via mobile SDKs.
- 2
FTC complaint described data samples purchased on Kochava’s public marketplace including movements to and from reproductive-health clinics.
- 3
The June 2026 stipulated order resolves all matters in dispute; the defendants neither admit nor deny the complaint’s allegations except as necessary to establish jurisdiction.
- 4
The order bars the defendants from selling, licensing, transferring, sharing, or disclosing sensitive location data unless the consumer gave affirmative express consent and the data is used for a service the consumer directly requested.
- 5
The order also requires a sensitive-location program, supplier-consent assessments, consumer recipient and consent-withdrawal mechanisms, and a data-retention schedule requiring deletion on an established timeframe.
What the order requires
Injunctive terms imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (stipulated order entered June 2026). These bind Kochava, Inc.'s data practices going forward.
- Prohibition on selling, licensing, transferring, sharing, or disclosing sensitive location data unless the consumer gave affirmative express consent and the data is used for a service the consumer directly requested.
- A sensitive-location data program that develops and maintains a comprehensive list of sensitive locations and prevents prohibited disclosures.
- A supplier-assessment program designed to confirm consent for location data obtained from suppliers.
- A consumer process to request known recipients of precise location data and withdraw consent, plus a data-retention schedule requiring deletion on an established timeframe.
- Incident reporting to the FTC when a third party shares precise location data in violation of contractual requirements.
Primary sources
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- Federal Trade Commission (stipulated order entered June 2026) press releasehttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-ban-kochava-subsidiary-selling-sensitive-location-data-settle-charges-they-sold-location-data
- Consent order / final orderhttps://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Kochava-Order.pdf
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Where this action sits in the tracker
- It is one of 19 FTC actions among the 26 cases in this tracker.
- It is an injunctive-only order with no monetary relief; 7 of the 26 tracked actions are structured this way.
- 3 tracked actions were announced in 2026.
- It is one of 3 tracked location-data actions.
- It is one of 7 tracked data-broker actions.
FAQ
What did the FTC charge Kochava, Inc. with?+
The FTC sued Kochava over the alleged sale of precise location data that could trace visits to sensitive locations. A June 2026 stipulated order resolves the action and restricts Kochava and Collective Data Solutions from selling or disclosing sensitive location data without the order’s consent and direct-service conditions. The Federal Trade Commission (stipulated order entered June 2026) cited FTC Act § 5 (unfair practices).
How much did Kochava, Inc. pay?+
The 2026-06-26 order did not include monetary penalties against Kochava, Inc.; the agency focused on injunctive relief (prohibiting certain practices going forward).
Does the Kochava, Inc. settlement mean my data has been deleted?+
The order requires Kochava, Inc. to delete certain categories of consumer data (see injunctive terms). Individual consumers should still exercise state-law deletion rights (CCPA, CPA, TDPSA) to confirm deletion from any remaining successor databases.
How can I read the original FTC order?+
The Federal Trade Commission (stipulated order entered June 2026) press release is available at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-ban-kochava-subsidiary-selling-sensitive-location-data-settle-charges-they-sold-location-data. The case / matter number is FTC v. Kochava, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-00377 (D. Idaho).