Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4 million fine over its "use of personal consumer information for marketing purposes," according to a Federal Communications Commission press release.In addition ...

FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have been fined a collective $200 million for sharing customers ...

Verizon agreed to a $1.35 million settlement with the FCC that involved the firm's illegal use of supercookies. ... Verizon racks up more than $1M in fines over 911 outage ...

The US government has issued millions of dollars in fines to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon after an investigation found the nation’s top wireless carriers had illegally shared customers ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $25 million to the U.S. government and at least $52.8 million in refunds to customers who inadvertently racked up data charges on their phones over the last ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a $1.35 million fine to settle with the Federal Communications Commission over allegations that it improperly used "supercookies." ...

Meanwhile, AT&T and Verizon’s fines amounted to roughly $57 million and $47 million, respectively. The FCC claimed “aggregators” that received customer location data from the carriers turned ...

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile fight back for the right to sell user location data. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had fined T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T, “for ...

Verizon Wireless' prevention of Android phones from downloading apps that turn the devices into mobile hotspots has earned it a $1.25 million slap from the FCC.

Under the terms of the settlement, now Verizon must obtain consumers' opt-in consent before sharing UIDH internally and with third parties. Additionally, the company was fined $1.35 million and is ...

Verizon will be fined $90 million, and Sprint will receive a lesser fine of $68 million. The investigation hinges on a particularly dastardly method of revenue collection, ...