Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4 million fine over its "use of personal consumer information for marketing purposes," according to a Federal Communications Commission press release.In addition ...

FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have been fined a collective $200 million for sharing customers ...

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 agreed to a $1.35 million settlement with the FCC that involved the firm's illegal use of supercookies. ... Verizon racks up more than $1M in fines over 911 outage ...

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile fight back for the right to sell user location data. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had fined T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T, “for ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $25 million to the U.S. government and at least $52.8 million in refunds to customers who inadvertently racked up data charges on their phones over the last ...

Meanwhile, AT&T and Verizon’s fines amounted to roughly $57 million and $47 million, respectively. The FCC claimed “aggregators” that received customer location data from the carriers turned ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a $1.35 million fine to settle with the Federal Communications Commission over allegations that it improperly used "supercookies." The unique identifiers, which ...

Verizon Wireless' prevention of Android phones from downloading apps that turn the devices into mobile hotspots has earned it a $1.25 million slap from the FCC.

Under the terms of the settlement, now Verizon must obtain consumers' opt-in consent before sharing UIDH internally and with third parties. Additionally, the company was fined $1.35 million and is ...