AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined $200M for selling off people's location info
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The FCC issued nearly $200 million in fines against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile for allegedly selling customer real-time location data to data brokers without proper consent, citing failures to protect CPNI, while the carriers argue the discontinued programs supported services like roadside assistance and plan to appeal; the action follows years of scrutiny over data broker practices and highlights ongoing privacy and national security risks from commercial access to Americans’ location information.
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