Amid heightened public scrutiny over online privacy, US telcos Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile have pledged to stop sharing subscribers’ location data with anonymous data brokers.
The policy turnaround from all four of the US’ largest wireless network providers came on the back of inquiries from Oregon Senator Ron Wyden who has been probing the location-sharing economy.
Verizon declared it would cease selling user location data to data brokers – in particular, LocationSmart and Zumingo – in a letter to Senator Wyden with the other carriers following suit after the u-turn was reported by Associated Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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