US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)

US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)

5 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/08/mobile_companies_selling_locations/

US lawmakers have again called for an investigation into mobile companies after it emerged that they have been selling specially protected user location data intended only for emergency services.

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has repeatedly highlighted privacy violations by mobile companies, today called out Ajit Pai, boss of America's comms watchdog the FCC, in particular for the latest violation.