The FCC announced fines of $200 million against major US cellular companies like T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint for selling customer location information to third parties and not adequately protecting that data, despite calls for investigation and privacy violation concerns. The fines ranged from $12 million to $91 million imposed on the carriers who sold access to location data to aggregators and third-party services without appropriate safeguards. The companies faced criticism and planned to contest the fines, with concerns raised by Sen
Ron Wyden about the lack of consent and violation of customer trust. The FCC's enforcement bureau discovered unauthorized access to user data and failure to implement proper consent mechanisms, leading to these penalties. ```https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/fcc-fines-us-cell-carriers-200m-for-selling-location-data-a-24968