FCC Fines Wireless Carriers for Illegally Sharing Access to Customers’ Location Data

June 12, 2024

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According to the FCC, the nation’s largest wireless carriers were all secretly selling your location information – in real-time – to third-party companies without permission. They are now paying the price.

To read the details, please follow the link below to the full FCC News Release… it is among the largest actions taken by the FCC to date:

FCC Press Release

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 over $57 million, and Verizon is fined almost $47 million.

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FCC Fines Wireless Carriers for Illegally Sharing Access to Customers’ Location Data

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