Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have been fined a collective $200 million for sharing customers' location data without their consent.

The outage was similar to one that Verizon had experienced just two months earlier. The FCC says Verizon violated FCC rules by failing to deliver 911 calls during the December 2022 outage.

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile Fined $200 Million After Unauthorized Sharing of User Location Data The major carriers has denied the allegations. By Aldohn Domingo Updated: Apr 29 2024, 22:02 PM EDT .

The FCC has fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing users' geolocation histories with third parties. T-Mobile was hit the hardest with an $80 million fine.

Sprint was fined $12 million and T-Mobile $80 million. Since the investigation began, Sprint and T-Mobile merged in 2020. In response to the FCC fines, all of the wireless carriers said they ...

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced [PDF] that it has fined AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint/T-Mobile $196 million collectively for illegally selling access to ...

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint fined nearly $200 million for illegally sharing our location data. By Jacob Siegal. Published Apr 29th, 2024 6:35PM EDT. Image: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

The FCC fined AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile over the mishandling of customers' location-based data. The companies plan of fighting it. Credit: Getty Images The U.S.'s major wireless carriers are ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) fined Cruise, GM’s self-driving vehicle division, $1.5 million. The penalty was imposed for omitting key details from an October 2023 ...

If customer service is a priority, “Verizon should now live up to this commitment,” Storch said. Stories by Karin Price Mueller They won a $4K lawsuit against $11B company a year ago.