AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined for privacy woe
Briefly

Our communications providers have access to some of the most sensitive information about us... Customers' real-time location information, revealing where they go and who they are.
No one who signed up for a cell plan thought they were giving permission for their phone company to sell a detailed record of their movements to anyone with a credit card.
American watchdogs like the FTC and privacy-oriented legislators are taking action against location data brokers and government agencies buying citizens' info.
Government agencies reportedly bypassing Fourth Amendment by purchasing phone records from companies like AT&T.
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