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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Selling Consumer Data (2024)=== | |||
=== Supercookie insertion (2012-2015) === | |||
Verizon Wireless was caught inserting customer- or device-unique cookies into HTTP requests starting in 2012<ref>https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/469606418/verizon-settles-with-fcc-over-supercookies-allegations</ref> | |||
=== Selling Consumer Data (2024) === | |||
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined AT&T $57 million, Sprint $12 million, T-Mobile $80 million, and Verizon $46 million amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref> | FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined AT&T $57 million, Sprint $12 million, T-Mobile $80 million, and Verizon $46 million amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref> | ||
This fine towards Verizon amounted to about 0.25% of their annual net income.<ref name=":0" /> | This fine towards Verizon amounted to about 0.25% of their annual net income.<ref name=":0" /> | ||