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FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
The carriers, which have been fined nearly $200 million, plan to appeal.
The Federal Communications Commission is fining the largest US mobile carriers a combined nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent. While plans for the FCC fine were reported back in 2020, the final call was stalled by a prolonged deadlock at the agency as it awaited a fifth commissioner’s confirmation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Verizon spokesperson Richard Young said that the company took swift action when “one bad actor gained unauthorized access to information relating to a very small number of customers.” He said the central issue involves “an old program that Verizon shut down more than half a decade ago.” Young added that the FCC order “gets it wrong on both the facts and the law, and we plan to appeal this decision.”
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