Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Court rejects #Verizon claim that selling #location data without consent is legal
2nd Circuit did not accept carrier's argument that the fine violated its 7th Amendment right to a jury trial and that location data wasn't protected under the law used by #FCC to issue penalties. Verizon claimed law doesn’t cover device location data. Verizon had arrangements with two data aggregators, #LocationSmart and #Zumigo, which in turn contracted with 63 3rd-party entities.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/court-rejects-verizon-claim-that-selling-location-data-without-consent-is-legal/
#privacy
2nd Circuit did not accept carrier's argument that the fine violated its 7th Amendment right to a jury trial and that location data wasn't protected under the law used by #FCC to issue penalties. Verizon claimed law doesn’t cover device location data. Verizon had arrangements with two data aggregators, #LocationSmart and #Zumigo, which in turn contracted with 63 3rd-party entities.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/court-rejects-verizon-claim-that-selling-location-data-without-consent-is-legal/
#privacy
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