# FCC Proposes Hefty Fines To Carriers for Not Protecting Consumer Location Data

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**Created:** [February 29, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/fcc-proposes-hefty-fines-to-carriers-for-not-protecting-consumer-location-data/71890 "2020-02-29T12:20:02Z")\
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The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has proposed [fining the nation’s four largest wireless carriers $200 million](https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-proposes-hefty-fines-to-carriers-for-not-protecting-consumer-location-data/) for [selling access to their customers’ location information](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/01/08/1918205/us-telcos-are-selling-access-to-their-customers-location-data-and-that-data-reaches-bounty-hunters-and-others-not-authorized-to-possess-it) without taking reasonable measures to protect customers’ real-time location information. From a report: _The agency is proposing T-Mobile face a fine of more than $91 million. AT&T will be fined more than $57 million. It’s fining Verizon more than $48 million. And Sprint’s fine will be more than $12 million. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the proposed fines have put wireless carriers on notice that they need to do a better job protecting consumers’ privacy. “This FCC will not tolerate phone companies putting Americans’ privacy at risk,” he said in a statement. Still, the amount of the fines is a drop in the bucket for the nation’s carriers. For instance, Verizon reported fourth quarter revenue of $34.78 billion; AT&T reported revenue of $46.82 billion; and T-Mobile reported revenue of $11.88 billion._