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FCC commissioner calls for crackdown on sales of phone location data
If you're concerned that carriers' phone location data is still ending up in the wrong hands nearly a year after the issue became clear, you're not alone. FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has penned an editorial calling for federal action against companies offering "pay-to-track practices." He was frustrated that the regulator hasn't issued any kind of enforcement action despite ongoing reports of data misuse, and that it had both "ample authority" and a "responsibility" to stop this behavior.
