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Arrr! The FCC be plunderin' the wireless scallywags for sharin' location data without permission, aye mateys!

2024-04-29

Arrr, ye scurvy dogs of the wireless carriers be fined a hefty sum of nearly $200 million by the Federal Communications Commission for sharin' access to customers' whereabouts. T-Mobile, Sprint (now part of T-Mobile), AT&T, and Verizon be walkin' the plank for sellin' location information like scallywags!

Arrr, me hearties! Listen up ye scallywags, the Federal Communications Commission be handing out fines like they be pieces o' eight to them wireless carriers! Aye, they be doling out nearly $200 million in fines for illegally sharin' access to customers' location information.
The FCC be settlin' on fines that were first suggested back in February 2020. T-Mobile be gettin' slapped with an $80 million fine, while Sprint, which be now owned by T-Mobile, be gettin' a $12 million fine. AT&T be walkin' the plank with a $57 million fine, and Verizon Communications be gettin' nearly $47 million in fines.
These scurvy dogs be sellin' "real-time location information to data...". Aye, ye heard right, they be sellin' out their customers' location information like it be treasure! But fear not, the FCC be swoopin' in like a ship in the night to make 'em pay for their misdeeds. Let this be a warnin' to all ye wireless carriers out there - cross the FCC and ye'll be walkin' the plank!

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