FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing
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FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information. The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020‚ including $80 million for T-Mobile‚ $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 &;quot;real-time location information to data...