T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree
6 days ago
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- A federal appeals court upheld $92 million in fines against T-Mobile for selling customer location data without consent.
- The FCC fined T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon for illegally sharing real-time location data with third parties.
- T-Mobile and Sprint sold customer location information to LocationSmart and Zumigo without verifying customer consent.
- The court ruling emphasized the privacy risks, calling cell phones 'tracking devices' that reveal intimate details of a person's life.
- Despite knowing about abuses, T-Mobile and Sprint continued selling location data without implementing new safeguards.