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Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal

Instead of providing notice to customers and obtaining or verifying customer consent itself, Verizon "largely delegated those functions via contract," the court said. This system and its shortcomings were revealed in 2018 when "the New York Times published an article reporting security breaches involving Verizon's (and other major carriers') location-based services program," the court said. Securus Technologies, a provider of communications services to correctional facilities, "was misusing the ...

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