The Federal Communications Commission announced the penalties this week after investigations found the four carriers had been feeding customer location data to shady data brokers and aggregators. Those firms then resold that sensitive info to pretty much any third party willing to pay up, no questions asked about how itRead Entire Article
The Federal Communications Commission fined four US wireless carriers close to $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers' location data.AT&T was fined over $57 million, and Verizon was fined almost $47 million. T-Mobile and Sprint, which merged since the investigation began, have been fined $92 million collectively, the FCC said on Monday."Our communications providers have access to some of the most sensitive information about us," FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in the...
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The major wireless carriers in the country are currently facing a fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for illegally selling the location data of its customers without their consent. This marks the end of a 2019 investigation into how carriers disregarded the privacy of its customers. According to the FCC’s investigation, carriers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile sold the location data of its customers to aggregators. In turn, these aggregators sold the data to...
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The Senate has passed legislation that would force TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.