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In Brief: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Outlogic (formerly X-Mode) have agreed to a settlement in which Outlogic will stop selling sensitive location data

The company (formerly X-Mode) will also delete previous, unlawfully collected data and models and algorithms that were derived from the data.

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Children’s Privacy: NetChoice gets judge to block Ohio youth social media law

January 16, 2024

Tech industry advocacy group NetChoice won a legal stay of Ohio’s Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act, a parental consent law that would have taken effect this week. The legislation required social media platforms to obtain consent from parents of children under age 16 for creating new accounts. NetChoice has been fighting this type of law across the US, despite research indicating social media use as a risk to children’s mental health. Is good mental health overrated?

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Mutinex Offers Free Media Mix Model Validation Framework

September 23, 2025

Media mix models (MMM), originally developed in the 1960’s, have undergone a resurgence as new technologies make them easier to execute and click-based attribution becomes less credible. But evaluating MMM brings its own challenges. Australia-based Mutinex offers a vendor-neutral Open Source MMM Validation Framework which is now available for free to North American marketers and agencies.

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