AT&T is being sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for allegedly selling customers' data to third parties for commercial use.
By Jessica Messier
The company is being sued by the digital activism group Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of customers located in California. The suit also pointed to other tech companies, including LocationSmart and Zumigo, for collecting customers' location data and selling it to third parties for commercial use, The Verge says.
"Under federal law," the suit continues, "AT&T is bound to secure the sensitive customer information, but has failed to do so," The Verge reports. "The suit also accuses the company of misrepresenting its privacy protections to customers."
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