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The mobile advertising firm <keyword id="164941" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="inMobi">InMobi</keyword>, which is backed by SoftBank, will have to pay $950,000 in civil penalties and implement a comprehensive privacy program so that it can settle the case that federal trade commission has put up against it. As per FCT, it deceptively tracked locations of "hundreds of millions of consumers - including children - without their knowledge or consent" so that it could serve geo-targeted advertising. 
 
As per <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/inmobi-to-pay-950000-fine-to-settle-ftc-charges-for-tracking-location-of-consumers-without-consent/articleshow/52878938.cms">ETtech</a>, a statement by FTC noted that as per the settlement, InMobi is subject to a $4 million penalty; however, the agency suspended the fine to $950,000 because of its financial condition. 
 
As per the complaint, InMobi was tracking consumers' location without asking for their consent and even when consumers had actually denied it the permission. 
 
"InMobi created a database built on information collected from consumers who allowed the company access to their geo-location information, combining that data with the wireless networks they were near to document the physical location of wireless networks themselves. InMobi then would use that database to infer the physical location of consumers based on the networks they were near, even when consumers had turned off location collection on their device." FTC said in a statement. 
 
The agency added that InMobi's software also tracked location in thousands of apps "that were clearly directed at children, in spite of promising that it did not do so". While doing this, it also violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). 
 
In addition to the fine, InMobi is also directed to set up a comprehensive privacy program that will be independently audited every two years for coming two decades. 
 
InMobi, on the other hand, has said that it discovered technical error at its end that led to this. It also said that it promptly notified the FTC about this on discovering it, making it clear that this was not deliberate. 
 
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InMobi fined $950,000 for tracking consumer location without consent

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a>, one of India's unicorns has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. 
 In a major setback, the <keyword id="564900" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mobile-advertising">mobile advertising</keyword> startup was slapped with a $950,000 fine by a US regulatory body for tracking consumers’ locations without their consent. It has also been subject to scrutiny of late over funding, the exit of senior executives and talks of an initial public offering. 
 
All of this comes at a time when <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a> was reported to be struggling to chart out a sustainable business model that can adapt to the changes in the online and mobile advertising space. 
 
In an exclusive interview to Business Insider, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a> Founder-CEO <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Naveen+Tewari&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Naveen Tewari</a> clears the air around what’s been going internally. 
 
How difficult is it gain market-share in a world dominated by tech's big daddies <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> and Facebook? 
Those are big companies with big market share. Companies like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a> are the only ones that can take market-share away from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Google&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Google</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a>. Every one of our customers is willing to look beyond conventional platforms, and have a third pillar. They won’t consider us if we are not technologically at par, if not more advanced than those guys. 
 Over the next 12-18 months, I see <keyword id="164941" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="inMobi">InMobi</keyword> emerging as the third biggest marketing platform globally. 
 
What about the exit of senior executives? 
We’re extremely clear about where we’re headed. That’s why our attrition is extremely low. 
 
We offer new opportunities to young talent. I don’t consider my competition to be companies, but entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is the freedom to take your own decisions, and that’s what we offer. 
 
We have had 44 startups come out of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a>, and 25 odd people have joined us back. No one does that if they aren’t sure of the company and its culture. 
 
You’ve spoken about the lack of product talent in India. 
That was 7-8 years back. Currently we don’t have issues in hiring or retaining talent. 
 
In fact, we don’t subscribe to flying people in to solve internal problems. That’s the wrong model. They come in with an inflated sense of how India works. That comes from a position of what it’s like in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Silicon Valley</a>. 
 
You have seen the lack of feasibility of that model pan out in every company that tried it. Every one of those people left in a year. That’s why our leadership is essentially home-grown. 
 
Are you looking to raise more money, and are you struggling? 
The second one is easy. The answer is no. We don’t need further capital. We’re pretty well set in terms of our financials. 
 
There’s a practical answer to the first question. Our corpus team explores strategic partnerships all the time. It’s their job. Some of these have investments linked to it. These are done once every 2-3 years. Before deciding on one, you need to explore 50 more opportunities. People should not confuse the role of looking for these partnerships actively with anything else. 
 
Our business works on a 40% gross margin and that too at a very large scale. 
 
Nine years on, InMobi is looking to be profitable this fiscal. What will contribute most to fuel further growth? 
From a market perspective, the two major markets will be US and China. From a client perspective, performance advertising will clearly lead the way. It’s been a big factor, and will continue to remain a significant one. Commerce advertising is also set to explode as commerce companies do well. 
 
Video is not a big driver till date. However, it’s starting to take off. 
 
Where does India figure in terms of market size? 
India has a smaller share in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=InMobi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">InMobi</a>’s business today. It’s a strategic opportunity we’re invested in, just like we did for China 4 years ago. We were positive of China’s growth, and we are currently market leaders there in the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=digital+advertising&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">digital advertising</a> space. 
 
Given India is only 2-3 years behind China, it’s a market with massive strategic opportunities for us. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mobile+advertising&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Mobile advertising</a>’s share in India has been low. We think starting next year, that’ll change drastically and grow 50-60% YoY. 
 
You reportedly downed shutters on the animated-discovery commerce part of Miip. Why’s that? 
We haven’t closed down anything. It’s only a trajectory to get to that position. Honestly, that was always a part of that trajectory. 
 
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He was in one of the panel discussions at the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Startup+Standup+India">Startup Standup India </a>event, and held nothing back. This 38-year-old stood out as he called a spade a spade, and we knew we had our man. 
 
Few days later, after the hullaballoo of Modi’s startup event faded, we chatted up a storm with this Indian entrepreneur, and it was about startups, VCs and the Bubble! 
 
On Startup Policy: ‘Overall, I am happy.’ 
This is the first time that the government has recognized <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=startups">startups</a> and what they can do. One can always come back and say that the policy can be significantly improved, etc. 
 
Overall, I am happy. It’s up to the industry to work with the government to sharpen these policies. 
 
On Modi’s <keyword id="982552" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Startup-fund">Startup Fund</keyword>: ‘The concern is around the process, not the intent.’ 
The government can’t invest directly into a private company. The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=startup+fund">startup fund</a> is probably the only way the government can put in money. 
Also, the concern is around the process, not the intent, and that’s fine. 
 
On FDI: ‘I’ll push the component around investors.’ 
The component around investors is what I’ll push for. We need more policies around that. Though the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=capital+gains+exemption">capital gains exemption</a> is a huge step, but more could have been done. 
 
On what’s needed to get startups to list in India: ‘Disclosure norms have to be relaxed’ 
In reality there are two problems. One is the size of the potential <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=investment+market">investment market</a>. One has to think if it makes sense for Indian investors to invest in Internet stocks. Also, specific policies need to be relaxed. These include disclosure norms on profitability, and so on. 
 
On the Startup Bubble: ‘I don’t buy into that.’ 
The bubble is a lot about the exuberance imagined about India. I don’t buy into that. 
 
Frankly, I think it’s got a lot to do with the media fallout. Bubbles are created when something positive is happening. People get over- enthusiastic about it and take the tide higher than it should go. 
 
The reality is bubbles are required to create an industry. Some companies, including ours need to deliver the promises they’ve made to investors, and we need to do everything in our ability to do that. If we don’t do a good job collectively, it’ll just be a collective setback for the industry. 
 
On Valuations: ‘Valuations can be corrected 10-15% when need be.’ 
Valuations can be corrected 10-15% when need be. That doesn’t take away anything from the larger picture. As long as you’re a company that makes profits, all’s good. As for people who’re investing, they know exactly what they’re doing. 
 
On future consolidation: ‘They’d like to fight it out. Let’s see how far the fight goes.’ 
No, I don’t. Think of it this way, India is a large market where everyone is pumping in their billions. 
 
I don’t see entities necessarily looking for consolidation. They’d like to fight it out. Let’s see how far the fight goes. 
 
Advice to young startups 
If you want the perfect time to launch one, this is it. There are problems that entrepreneurs can pick and solve. Money is not a concern. Most importantly, the stigma of failure is now seen as a positive. There’s nothing to lose, just go ahead and do it.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesThe companies claim REX makes programmatic <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword> safe in the kids market.</div></div></div>Rubicon Project, the public ad tech company, has formed a partnership with "kid-safe" marketing platform SuperAwesome to create what they are claiming is the world's first kid-focused programmatic advertising exchange.The launch of "REX" means that marketers can now use Rubicon's automated tools to buy advertising to target children under the age of 13 online - with the guarantee that the ads they buy are safe and legal.To date, the entire online children's advertising market operated on a direct-deal basis, meaning advertisers couldn't use programmatic tools to buy ads targeted to children across a range of sites - they'd have to speak to each publisher's sales teams directly.In the US, the Federal Trade Commission introduced <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions">COPPA</a> (The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) in 2000, which places strict restrictions on marketing to children under the age of 13, particularly prohibiting the use of using behavioral data to target kids.Joshua Wohle, SuperAwesome's chief product officer, told Business Insider: "Programmatic in the conventional sense (data/profile-driven) is not possible in the under-13 space: There have been zero under-13 targeting options, nobody is doing this. With REX, we're enabling buyers to specifically target this audience based on the contextual first-party data we have associated with all of the publishers which run our AwesomeAds technology."SuperAwesome was founded in the UK in 2013 and has raised $7 million in funding. The company claims its ad platform reaches more than 250 million children each month and its client list includes brands such as Nintendo, Lego, and Warner Bros.In June, InMobi became the first mobile ad network to be punished by the FTC under COPPA after it was found to be tracking the geolocation of children without their parental consent, <a href="http://adexchanger.com/mobile/inmobis-illegal-location-tracking-debacle-just-tip-iceberg-regulators-chomping-bit/">AdExchanger reported</a>. InMobi was fined $950,000, lowered from an initial $4 million penalty, due to the company's "financial condition."Here's a diagram explaining how The Rubicon Project and SuperAwesome's REX will work:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="SuperAwesome" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5798845f88e4a71a008bafd1-960/howdoesitwork_v2 (1).png"></a>SuperAwesome</div></div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/key-exercises-get-stronger-2016-7">An exercise scientist reveals the key to getting stronger</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VubGdvNDE6avxGj37Zv1jxiHQlkseRzB" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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