The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has announced proposed fines worth more than $200 million combined against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for not appropriately protecting customers’ real-time location data. Under the proposals, T-Mobile would see the stiffest penalty at more than $91 million, while AT&T, Verizon and Sprint would follow at more than $57 million, $48 million and $12 million, respectively. "The FCC has long had clear rules on the books requiring all phone companies to protect their customers’ personal information," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, noting the telecoms have been on notice since 2007. "This FCC will not tolerate phone companies putting Americans’ privacy at risk."
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