AT&T tells court: Customers can’t sue over sale of phone location data
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/att-tells-court-customers-cant-sue-over-sale-of-phone-location-data/
AT&T is trying to force customers into arbitration in order to avoid a class-action complaint over the telecom's former practice of selling users' real-time location data.
In a motion to compel arbitration filed last week, AT&T said that plaintiffs agreed to arbitrate disputes with AT&T when they entered into wireless service contracts. The plaintiffs, who are represented by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attorneys, will likely argue that the arbitration clause is invalid.
AT&T tells court: Customers can’t sue over sale of phone location data
Sep 20, 2019, 7:25pm UTC
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/att-tells-court-customers-cant-sue-over-sale-of-phone-location-data/
> AT&T is trying to force customers into arbitration in order to avoid a class-action complaint over the telecom's former practice of selling users' real-time location data.
> In a motion to compel arbitration filed last week, AT&T said that plaintiffs agreed to arbitrate disputes with AT&T when they entered into wireless service contracts. The plaintiffs, who are represented by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attorneys, will likely argue that the arbitration clause is invalid.