It has come to light that AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have been selling and allowing 3rd parties to sell private cell phone location data. The cellular wireless company was selling it to 3rd parties who in turn were selling it again sometimes to shady companies or individuals. This is a threat to personal safety. Individuals were unaware that their location data was being sold.
This is simply unacceptable! Cellular wireless providers say they have cut down on the reselling of location data. However I do not believe it is completely solved by this. Federal Communications Commission and other governmental organizations need to do more to protect consumers from abuses of consumers' data. Call your cellular wireless company and ask if they have sold your data and what they are doing to protect it.
Let me know in the comments your research into location data selling.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sale-your-location-revelations-about-data-sales-spur-renewed-calls-n956936
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