Current location:travel >>
FCC fines wireless carriers for sharing user locations without consent
travel97People have gathered around
IntroductionThe Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless ca ...
The Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent.
“These carriers failed to protect the information entrusted to them. Here, we are talking about some of the most sensitive data in their possession: customers’ real-time location information, revealing where they go and who they are,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement released Monday.
Officials first began investigating the carriers back in 2019 after they were found selling customers’ location data to third-party data aggregators. Fines were proposed in 2020, but carriers were given time to argue against the claims before the fines were imposed.
The FCC argues that the four firms are required to take reasonable measures to protect certain consumer data per federal law.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Worldly Watch news portal”。http://estonia.brianlynch.org/article-27e599452.html
Related articles
Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
travelMASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators returned Monday to the home of a New York architect charg ...
【travel】
Read moreThe Masters is at the center of the golf fashion universe
travelAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — At a place where green jackets never go out of style, the sometimes-wild, often- ...
【travel】
Read moreTobacco companies using Tiktok to target young people
travelSnus - a pouch of powdered tobacco placed between the upper lip and the gum - cannot be sold in New ...
【travel】
Read more
Popular articles
- The government wants to buy their flood
- April 8 solar eclipse: What you need to know before you watch
- How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/12/2024
- Review: 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' clears a low bar
- Justin Timberlake set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia in 2025
- Astronomers spot previously unknown moons around Neptune, Uranus
Latest articles
Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds
Total solar eclipse 2024: Spectators stake their spots along the totality path
UN climate chief says humans have 2 years left 'to save the world'
'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi
LINKS
- No criminal charges after 4 newborn bodies found in a freezer
- Parma secures promotion back into Serie A after 3 seasons in Italy's second division
- Stock market today: Global stocks are mixed after Wall St tumble. Most markets close for holiday
- Boca Bash boaters appear in bleary
- Terrified little girl, 3, told mom and dad there were monsters in her bedroom... it was 60,000 BEES
- Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families
- Inspirational fighting spirit of boy given a gift by King Charles: Eleven
- Warsaw synagogue attacked with three firebombs in the night, but no one is hurt
- How to ensure your iPhone alarm goes off
- Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey to step down from F1 team