Verizon and AT&T were fined $46.9M and 57.3M respectively by the FCC in 2020 for selling customer location data to data brokers.

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Verizon and AT&T were fined $46.9M and 57.3M respectively by the FCC in 2020 for selling customer location data to data brokers.

Both companies argue that recent Supreme Court rulings prevent the FCC from unilaterally imposing fines and instead a jury trial is required.

Also the FCC’s two current Republican oppose fines as they disagree that the FCC has jurisdiction over privacy violations.

It’s getting increasingly harder for govt agencies to penalize misbehavior.

Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data

Carriers claim location data isn’t protected, say they have right to jury trial.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)