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Civil Litigation

Jul. 17, 2019

Suit alleges AT&T sold customers’ geolocation data without consent

A group of AT&T wireless customers Tuesday filed a class action against the telecom giant claiming the company sold their devices’ geolocation data to third-party entities without their consent.

A group of AT&T wireless customers Tuesday filed a class action against the telecom giant claiming the company sold their devices' geolocation data to third-party entities without their consent.

Filed in the Northern District of California, the suit alleges AT&T did not inform customers it sold their real-time location data to two California-based aggregators, LocationSmart and Zumigo Inc., which collect and manage that info...

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