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FCC Fines AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Almost $200 Million for Illegally Sharing Customer Location Data
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WTF how about each and every customer be given a check or a class action? They didn't hurt the FTC they hurt and sold our personal data we should be receiving the money!
I want to make a citizens arrest!!!!! A Rest of my information from the data thieves , A ha,,!!!!
And we get hoodwinked again and again on securities of data.
Never ends.
And we get hoodwinked again and again on securities of data.
Never ends.
I don't understand, instead of fining them, why not force them to pay that to customers? I get the payout would be very tiny, but I think it makes more sense than giving the money to the government.
That actually might be a decent fine to make them wary of doing it again. Double that would be even better
I get your point but I don’t think that’s how it works in the law. They were probably given the power to enforce fines but nothing says they can force a company to give that money to customers
Customers can do a class action lawsuit though. And they should!
The fines will just end up being passed to the customers… if this stuff is intentionally done by company management, the managers of these companies need to be -personally fined- or/and jailed or barred from holding positions that have stewardship of other people’s personal info.
Fining the CEO or directors $80 million has more bite than fining company.
Fining the CEO or directors $80 million has more bite than fining company.
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That would work out to be under $1 per user… That’s how much value is placed on the security of your real-time data.So when do we (users) get our share of the fines
Imagine if the federal gov were to sell or -intentionally- mishandle our data the same way… heads would roll. If your doctor or lawyer did it, they would personally be sued and lose their licenses… But if corporations do it, it’s a slap on wrist for the corporation, no punishment to the managers or director.
FCC needs to sack up and stop fining in the millions and start reaching for the billions. This will be a stern slap on the wrists for those who choose to infringe on people’s rights for privacy.
Fines they will just pass to the consumers. The way to punish, so it will hurt, is suspend them for bidding on government contracts for a couple of years. That gets investor stockholders ANGRY and gets CEO and other senior managers fired.
All the small carriers use one of the big carriers so the big boys are still going to track you.
You'll get an increase on your bill when they pass the fine on to the customers in a recovery fee.
What about car companies? A lot of them are now selling customer location data, and to make matters worse, they're selling performance analytics about how you drive to your insurance company, who raise your rates. I've read about someone who bought one of these new cars, had to swerve and slam on their brakes to avoid an accident, and had their rates go up only a couple weeks later. They called to inquire why and were able to get them to hand over the offending data which confirmed their hypothesis. You're damned if you hit someone, and damned if you avoid it! Sohey're up next, and I hope the fine is 5 times higher per infraction!
Although realistically all this means is that they will raise prices on consumers and we'll end up paying even more for cell service and cars. Late stage capitalism at it's finest!
Although realistically all this means is that they will raise prices on consumers and we'll end up paying even more for cell service and cars. Late stage capitalism at it's finest!
Where does this money go? Not to us! All we get is a bill. Basically it’s hidden taxation to pay into the Biden Administration Budgets.
Why would Google be fined? They fully disclose how and when they collect and use their location data. They also ask for consent from the user.
Yup. Just like when a site gets hacked, your data is stolen, and all you get is a free year of credit monitoring.
If these companies operate like one of the companies I have worked for in the past, at certain levels of management, their data and information is automatically scrubbed so their data would have been excluded.
I have no evidence to back up my claim, but I would expect smaller companies would be more likely to surreptitiously collect and sell your data in order to make up for cheaper plans.
To add to your cost outlay, I have AT&T and pay $163 for 2 iPhones + cell iPad.
And all three carriers will just pass the cost of the fines on to consumers. A fine on those hurt by the policy...
There's an island in the Caribbean that they like to visit. This pays the ransom so the tapes are never released.
Removing the incentive for companies to do illegal things is still protecting consumers, even if you don’t get a check out of it. Hopefully some of the money enables the agency to continue enforcing the rules.