FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing

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The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, including $80 million for T-Mobile (TMUS.O), opens new tab; $12 million for Sprint, which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57 million for AT&T (T.N), opens new tab, and nearly $47 million for Verizon Communications (VZ.N).

The carriers sold “real-time location information to data aggregators, allowing this highly sensitive data to wind up in the hands of bail-bond companies, bounty hunters, and other shady actors,” FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement.

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