On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Final Rule, now referred to as the Data Security Program (DSP), that establishes sweeping new restrictions on access to sensitive personal ...

Verizon lost an attempt to overturn a $46.9 million fine for selling customer location data without its users’ consent. The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected Verizon’s challenge in a ...

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are continuing their fight against fines for selling user location data, with two of the big three carriers submitting new court briefs arguing that the Federal ...

Precise location data from advertising IDs and mobile apps can be used for surveillance that, according to the FTC, puts millions of Americans at risk. Precise location data from advertising IDs and ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real-time ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against two location data companies after it said that they unlawfully tracked and sold private consumer information. Venntel and Gravy ...