[telecom] FCC fines cellcos for selling location info
From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to comp.dcom.telecom on Mon Apr 29 19:20:05 2024
From Newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom
[FCC press release]
FCC Fines Largest Wireless Carriers for Sharing Location Data
For Immediate Release
FCC FINES AT&T, SPRINT, T-MOBILE, AND VERIZON NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR ILLEGALLY
SHARING ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS LOCATION DATA
Carriers Sold Access to Location Data to Third Parties Without Customer Consent
and Continued to Do So Without Reasonable Safeguards
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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2024Today, the Federal Communications Commission fined the nations largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers
location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure. Sprint and T-Mobile which have merged since the investigation began face fines of more than $12 million and $80 million, respectively. AT&T is fined more than $57 million, and Verizon is fined almost $47 million.
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rest: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.txt
(or) https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.doc
(or) https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf
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News story, which includes responses by the cellcos: