On May 6, ars Technica of the intermediary outside occupying reports, because AT&T of 4 big operation business, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon are permitted without the user, sell user position private matters one wants to hide illegally and face collective suit.
Mention in the report, the user that encounters positional privacy is divulged this includes to came 2015 2019 all clients of these 4 companies, add up to about 300 million person. American communication act sets the 222nd times, allow without the user, operation business must not be used or share positional data, the behavior of these companies had offended apparently legal bottom line.
Actually this is not first time any more. Last year " new York Times " ever reported 4 big operation trade of American to the name is " Securus " the positional data that the company provides an user illegally, subsequently this company is exposed to the sun to go out allow elementary execute the law the mobile phone position that personnel leaves fixed position user in the premise that does not have search warranty. Last year in June, verizon of the United States' biggest telegraphic operation business gives commitment say, the action that stops to sell user position data illegally. Subsequently successional also acceptance makes AT&T of business of additionally 3 big operation, T-Mobile, Sprint no longer absolutely.
What hit a face to come however is very fast. Be in this year in January, motherboard of media of American science and technology has explode makings call AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint the real time position user mobile phone the access that share sells middleman illegally, subsequently these positional data by paid share the tripartite without accredit. The reporter of Motherboard ever pretended the positional information that bought the home to obtain mobile phone of a T-Mobile in order to pay the means of 300 dollars the success to message personage.
Up to now, sprint and T-Mobile all reject to publish a comment in the light of this matter, express to be in only " examine legal document " , and T-Mobile from beginning to end firm say to did not provide user data illegally to any tripartite after giving commitment last year. Verizon did not publish any opinion on public affairs.
