US Defense Intelligence Agency admits to buying citizens’ location data

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The Federal Trade Commission issued multimillion-dollar fines opposed three bot-powered ticket scalping operations. The FTC says these organizations bought over 150,000 exposedness tickets over the proficient four years, nabbing them with factory-made trapping that evaded online purchasing limits. Supervenient reselling these tickets for an unscientific $26.1 million, they've been accused of breaking a 2016 anti-bot law -- the first time this law has been applied.

Regulators reached a proposed adjustment with the ticket transactions groups, including $31.6 million in fines. However, surmount of these fines were suspended considering of an inaptitude to pay. The three groups will pay a totalistic of $3.7 million instead, and they'll gotta maintain records demonstrating their inevasible conventionality with the law. The adjustment must still be authorized by a judge.

The Preferably Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act bans utilizing software to circumvent ticket revenue outlawed -- a convenance that lets resellers buy tickets in oeuvre and resell them at a steep markup. "Not only does this disconfirm loyal hearers of the unplanned to see their favorite performers and shows, it is opposed the law," said FTC consumer safeguard bureau dogcatcher Andrew Technician in a statement.

While the complaints don't specify which shows the scalpers were targeting, they roster that the litany includes mucho sportsmanlike contest and other performances, including Elton John concerts.

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