FCC Finds Carrier Broke Law in Location Data Practices; Rosenworcel Blasts Delay
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel criticized the FCC Friday for taking “so long” to reach its finding today that “one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law” in their location-tracking practices, including the sale of customer location-tracking data allegedly accessed by bounty hunters. Chairman Ajit Pai wrote House Commerce Committee Democrats Friday to inform them the agency had concluded its year-plus investigation into the claims. The carriers didn’t immediately comment.
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“For more than a year, the FCC was silent after news reports” first revealed the carriers’ practices, Rosenworcel said in a statement. “It’s a shame that it took so long for the FCC to reach a conclusion that was so obvious.”