FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data
Several major cellphone carriers, including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint (now merged), have been fined nearly $200 million in total by federal regulators for unlawfully sharing customers’ location data without consent. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the fines following investigations revealing that the carriers sold access to customer location data to aggregators, who then sold it to third parties without proper authorization. FCC Chairwoman … Continue reading FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data