Privacy Roundup #0238 • May 2026 (opens in new tab)

May 2026 brought a wave of mass data breaches, fresh fights over encryption backdoors and age checks, and a landmark order against a location data broker. 1. FTC bans Kochava from selling sensitive location data The Federal Trade Commission ordered the data broker Kochava to stop selling location data that can trace people to clinics, places of worship and shelters. The firm must also delete the records it gathered without clear consent. → 2. NYC Health and Hospitals breach exposes 1.8 millio...