AT&T to end all location-data sales to data brokers
https://apnews.com/c2c3b96f589847578f4f16d8751c9254
AT&T says it will stop selling all location data from mobile phones to brokers following a report that companies are still selling that information to shadowy companies without customer knowledge.
Last year, AT&T and other carriers pledged to stop providing location information to data brokers. But AT&T made an exception for useful services that, for instance, help customers with roadside assistance or fraud protection. Now the company says it will also end those sales in March.
AT&T to end all location-data sales to data brokers
Jan 11, 2019, 3:18am UTC
https://apnews.com/c2c3b96f589847578f4f16d8751c9254
> AT&T says it will stop selling all location data from mobile phones to brokers following a report that companies are still selling that information to shadowy companies without customer knowledge.
> Last year, AT&T and other carriers pledged to stop providing location information to data brokers. But AT&T made an exception for useful services that, for instance, help customers with roadside assistance or fraud protection. Now the company says it will also end those sales in March.