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Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned In The U.S.

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers’ mobile devices in the state, in what would be the first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Massachusetts legislature held a hearing last month on a bill called the

Massachusetts Promotes Open Standards

The State of Massachusetts has implemented a policy toward software purchases that favors open-source applications and open standards for state-owned computers.