FCC: Wireless Carriers Violated Law by Sharing Location Data with third parties. FCC investigation found one or more U.S. wireless carriers violated federal law by selling real-time location data. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did not name the companies that violated law, and he did not specify which statute may have been broken. Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Pai to demand more details on FCC investigations into these practices as well as the agencys efforts to enforce the Communications Act. It’s not yet clear whether the FCC, which has the power to issue civil monetary penalties, will, indeed, sanction the carriers.”]
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