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Verizon vows to stop selling cellphone location data to brokers

Verizon is pledging to stop sales through inter.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesJun 19th, 2018

Verizon and AT&T vow to stop selling cellphone location data to brokers

Verizon and AT&T have pledged to stop prov.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesJun 19th, 2018

Verizon to end the sale of some of phone location data

Verizon is pledging to stop selling through middlemen data that can pinpoint the location of mobile phones......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T to end location data sales to brokers - CNBC

CNBCVerizon, AT&T to end location data sales to brokersCNBCVerizon and AT&T have pledged to stop providing information on phone.....»»

Category: topSource: googlenewsJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T halt practice of selling cell phone owners' location to data brokers

The practice was criticized for endangering privacy, allowing outside companies to pinpoint cell phone users' data without their knowledge or con.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayJun 19th, 2018

All four major US carriers have promised to stop selling your location data after a company was caught providing unauthorized data to law enforcement

YouTube/Google Maps The four major US cellular network carriers have pledged to stop selling customer location data to data brokers after a glitch wa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 20th, 2018

Sprint is the latest carrier to stop selling location data

Sprint has announced that it will cease selling users' location data to third parties, following similar moves made by Verizon (Engadget's parent company), T-Mobile and AT&T. .....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJan 16th, 2019

Verizon, AT&T and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it

The decision comes after one senator's investigation into the mishandling of user data......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it

Verizon, AT&T and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint to Cut Off Data Providers After Customer Locations Were Revealed

Verizon Communications, AT&T and Sprint pledged to stop sharing customer locations with two data brokers after at least one company revealed individuals’ whereabouts without their consent......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjJun 19th, 2018

The Wall Street Journal: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint to stop sharing users’ locations with data brokers

Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc. and Sprint Corp. pledged to stop sharing customer locations with two data brokers after at least one company revealed individuals’ whereabouts without their consent......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint to Cut Off Data Providers After Customer Locations Were Revealed - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street JournalVerizon, AT&T, Sprint to Cut Off Data Providers After Customer Locations Were RevealedWall Street JournalVerizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc. and Sprint Corp. pledged to stop selling individual cu.....»»

Category: topSource: googlenewsJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it

The decision comes after one senator's investigation into the mishandling of user data......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJun 19th, 2018

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint suspend selling of customer location data after prison officials were caught misusing it.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostJun 19th, 2018

AT&T says it’ll stop selling your location data, amid calls for a federal investigation

A report from Motherboard on major U.S. wireless carriers revealed the shadowy business of collecting and reselling phone location data......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 10th, 2019

AT&T to stop selling location data amid calls for federal probe, WaPo reports

See the rest of the story here. Theflyonthewall.com provides the latest financial news as it breaks. Known as a leader in market intelligence, The Fl.....»»

Category: blogSource: theflyonthewallJan 11th, 2019

Cellphone carriers back away from selling location data as calls for investigation persist

Major cellphone carriers have been selling re.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesJan 11th, 2019

How location data can help track and stop the spread of COVID-19

Contact tracing has become a major tactic around the world in tracking and containing t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 23rd, 2020

Google, Facebook, and other tech companies are reportedly in talks with the US government to use your location data to stop the coronavirus — and to see if social distancing is really working

Bing Google, Facebook, and other major tech companies are reportedly in talks with the US government to aggregate people's location data to help track .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMar 17th, 2020

FCC proposes roughly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers for mishandling customers’ location data

The fines proposed against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile drew criticism from some regulators and watchdogs, who faulted the FCC for taking too long in its probe — and issuing too weak of a punishment......»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 28th, 2020

FCC to propose $200 million fines for U.S. cellphone carriers over consumer data disclosures

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is set to propose fining four major U.S. mobile phone companies at least $200 million in total for improperly disclosing some consumer real-time location data, two people briefed on the matter said on Thursday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersFeb 27th, 2020