Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown [telecom]

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Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown

By Jon Brodkin

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai refused a Democratic lawmaker's request to immediately address a privacy scandal involving wireless carriers, saying that it can wait until after the government shutdown is over.

A Motherboard investigation published last week found that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are still selling their mobile customers' real-time location information to third-party data brokers, despite promises in June 2018 to stop the controversial practice.