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FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data

February 28, 2020 admin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Gigi Sohn, Joseph Cox, New York Times, Securus Technologies, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Coming Storm, vice.com, Wall Street Journal

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:12:10 +0000

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. While the fines would be among the largest the FCC has ever levied, critics say the penalties don’t go far enough to deter wireless carriers from continuing to sell customer location data.

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Sprint Exposed Customer Support Site to Web

January 29, 2020 admin data breaches, Latest Warnings, lisa belot, microsoft, Sprint, vice.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:02:56 +0000

Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp. leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web.