From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   [FCC press release]   
      
   FCC Fines Largest Wireless Carriers for Sharing Location Data   
      
   For Immediate Release   
      
   FCC FINES AT&T, SPRINT, T-MOBILE, AND VERIZON NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR ILLEGALLY   
   SHARING ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS LOCATION DATA   
      
   Carriers Sold Access to Location Data to Third Parties Without Customer Consent   
   and Continued to Do So Without Reasonable Safeguards   
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   WASHINGTON, April 29, 2024Today, the Federal Communications Commission fined   
   the nations largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers   
   location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to   
   protect that information against unauthorized disclosure.  Sprint and T-Mobile   
   which have merged since the investigation began  face fines of more than $12   
   million and $80 million, respectively.  AT&T is fined more than $57 million,   
   and Verizon is fined almost $47 million.   
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   rest:   
   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.txt   
   (or)   
   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.doc   
   (or)   
   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf   
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   News story, which includes responses by the cellcos:   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wire   
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