Supreme Court rules FCC fines punishing telecom giants for sharing location data were legal

The Supreme Court upheld nearly $200 million in FCC fines against AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile for sharing consumers' location data without consent and failing to take reasonable measures to protect it; the FCC said carriers sold data to aggregators and a contractor created a self-service portal used to obtain location information nationwide without court orders, and the ruling confirms the FCC's authority to issue forfeiture orders without a jury.