Thread by @EFF

AT&T has been caught repeatedly selling customer location data, despite the company's claims that it will end the practice.

Today we launched a class-action lawsuit to help AT&T customers stand up against this violation of privacy. Here's why. (thread)
vice.com/en_us/article/…

AT&T not only failed to obtain its customers’ express consent to sell their locational data—it created an active marketplace that trades on its customers’ real-time locations. And the number of third parties with access is staggering: vice.com/en_us/article/…

This access was first reported in @NYTimes when journalists there determined that Securus, a company that monitors and provides calls to jails, allowed law enforcement, without a court order, to track people's locations via their cell phones.
nytimes.com/2018/05/10/tec…

The federal law protecting your locational data is extraordinarily strong, but AT&T has ignored it. Not only has AT&T made it easy to buy—they've sold it to everyone from stalkers to car dealers:
vice.com/en_us/article/…

AT&T has violated the privacy rights of tens of millions of AT&T customers.

Location data can be incredibly detailed and provide a window into people’s most sensitive and private activities. Companies with access to it have a legal duty to protect it.
eff.org/press/releases…

It's time to ensure that location data is no longer so easily sold and that laws are enforced to prohibit it from happening again. Learn more about the lawsuit here. (/thread) eff.org/cases/geolocat…