The Second Circuit this week upheld the Federal Communications Commission‘s $46.9 million fine against Verizon VZ 1.01%↑ for illegally sharing access to customer’s location information.
As Location Business News reported, A U.S. District Court also upheld a $92 million fine against T-Mobile TMUS 0.07%↑ for sharing customer location data without their consent. This ruling follows a 2024 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision that found T-Mobile and Sprint violated privacy laws by selling real-time geolocation information to data aggregators, who then distributed it to third parties, including bail-bond companies and bounty hunters.
In April 2024, the FCC fined, in addition to Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, AT&T T 0.65%↑ $57 million for similar offenses.
Motive Wins IP Infringement Case Against Samsara
In other industry legal news, the International Trade Commission ruled that Motive Technologies did not infringe on Samsara’s IOT -0.64%↓ patents. ITC Judge Doris Johnson Hines found no infringement in Samsara’s patent claims, which allows Motive to continue to offer its AI dashcams and other devices in the U.S. market.
Other industry legal issues:
- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against Apitor Technology alleging that the company enabled a third party in China to collect geolocation information from children without their parent’s consent.
