Multiple United States cell phone carriers have been collectively fined approximately $200 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for allegedly sharing customers’ location data without their consent. According to FOX Business, the FCC issued the fine to AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon, accusing the providers of sharing access to location information of customers “without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure.”

Today the FCC has fined US telcos $200 million for illegally sharing phone location data….