Major U.S. wireless carriers have faced contrasting legal outcomes in their battles against Federal Communications Commission fines for selling customer location data without consent, creating an uncertain landscape for consumer privacy protection .
Background on data selling practices
In 2018, investigations revealed that major telecommunications providers were selling customers’ real-time location data to third-party brokers without proper notification or consent. This practice involved carriers selling access to sensitive geolocation information to aggregators, who then resold the data to other companies, creating a gray market for cell phone location data. The exposed data allowed buyers, including law enforcement and bounty hunters, to track individuals’ movements without their knowledge.
FCC enforcement actions
The Federal Communications Commission responded in April 2024 by imposing nearly $200 million in
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