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===Selling Consumer Data (2024)=== | ===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>{{Cite web |date=29 Apr 2024 |title=FCC FINES AT&T, SPRINT, T-MOBILE, AND VERIZON NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR ILLEGALLY SHARING ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS’ LOCATION DATA |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429193144/https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf |archive-date=29 Apr 2024 |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=29 Apr 2024 |title=FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https:// | 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>{{Cite web |date=29 Apr 2024 |title=FCC FINES AT&T, SPRINT, T-MOBILE, AND VERIZON NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR ILLEGALLY SHARING ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS’ LOCATION DATA |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429193144/https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf |archive-date=29 Apr 2024 |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=29 Apr 2024 |title=FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240429180626/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/ |archive-date=29 Apr 2024|access-date=28 May 2025 |website=Reuters}}</ref> | ||
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===Lobbying The FCC to Waive Device Unlocking Requirements (2025)=== | ===Lobbying The FCC to Waive Device Unlocking Requirements (2025)=== | ||
On May 19th, 2025 Verizon submitted a request to have the Federal Trade Commission to remove the current unlocking requirements for consumers who have purchased a device through a telecommunications provider. This requirement is a consumer protection for the device they purchased as after a device has been paid in full and has been active for at least 60 days on the network, the telecommunications provider must allow the device to be unlocked and that device is now free to connect to other carrier networks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2025 |title=Verizon makes bold move to make it harder for customers to leave |url=https://www.thestreet.com/retail/verizon-makes-bold-move-to-make-it-harder-for-customers-to-leave |url-status=live |archive-url=https:// | On May 19th, 2025 Verizon submitted a request to have the Federal Trade Commission to remove the current unlocking requirements for consumers who have purchased a device through a telecommunications provider. This requirement is a consumer protection for the device they purchased as after a device has been paid in full and has been active for at least 60 days on the network, the telecommunications provider must allow the device to be unlocked and that device is now free to connect to other carrier networks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2025 |title=Verizon makes bold move to make it harder for customers to leave |url=https://www.thestreet.com/retail/verizon-makes-bold-move-to-make-it-harder-for-customers-to-leave |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260219162353/https://www.thestreet.com/retail/verizon-makes-bold-move-to-make-it-harder-for-customers-to-leave |archive-date=19 Feb 2026|access-date=28 May 2025 |website=The Street}}</ref> | ||
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