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Verizon To End Location Data Sales To Brokers (apnews.com)
Verizon is pledging to stop sales through intermediaries of data that pinpoints the location of mobile phones to outside companies, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. From the report: It is the first major U.S. wireless carrier to step back from a business practice that has drawn criticism for endangering privacy. The data has allowed outsiders to track wireless devices without their owners' knowledge or consent. Verizon, the nation's largest mobile carrier measured by subscribers, said that about 75 companies have obtained its customer data from two little-known California-based brokers that it supplies directly -- LocationSmart and Zumigo. The company made its disclosure in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has been probing the phone location-tracking market. Last month, Wyden revealed abuses in the lucrative but loosely regulated field involving Securus Technologies and its affiliate 3C Interactive. Verizon says their contract was approved only for the location tracking of outside mobile phones called by prison inmates. After a thorough review of its program, Verizon notified LocationSmart and Zumigo, both privately held, that it intends to "terminate their ability to access and use our customers' location data as soon as possible," wrote Verizon's chief privacy officer, Karen Zacharia.
But now it isn't. Verizon. All up in your ass anymore.
Don't worry, when the Democrats get elected in November they'll impeach the... hahahah, sorry, couldn't keep the straight face. They'll just be a useless bunch of sacks of turds as usual and do nothing.
If your neighbor took it upon himself to track your movements, record who you interact with, mine your personal communications, etc, etc, he would be prosecuted for stalking.
Why is it different when a corporation does this?
Guaranteed they at least also sell accelerometer data in realtime.
You mean like during the Nixon admin? I would not count on them doing nothing. Depending on how the trade war plays out, Donald may be dead before he can get impeached. His followers will not like being betrayed and being 2nd amendment people, may do something about it.
Verizon says their contract was approved only for the location tracking of outside mobile phones called by prison inmates.
If that was truly the case, then shouldn't Verizon have detected them retrieving such a MASSIVE amount of location data for OTHER device IDs
90% of which probably never connected from anywhere near a prison?
Verizon backing off now reduces damage but DOESNT make up for the past abuse. For this level of privacy invasion.... executive managers of the involved Telcos should do hard prison time.
Maybe they should do the right thing and stop fucking tracking entirely.
...Only because Verizon plans to sell other more profitable yet, incompatible revenue sources in the future.
The Verizon Corporation didn't suddenly realize morals or ethics.
You can't be ahead of the curve, if you're stuck in a loop.
Verizon wants to cut out the middle man and sell directly to whomever wants it. More profit for Verizon.
No, I mean during the Bush administration. You know, when the Bush admin tortured people and started illegal wars. The Democrats are not going to save you. They've been useless since 1992.
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(so he can't see that either)
Can't refute so you troll. Nice one Dave.
Thanks to the european law about protection of personal data.
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