Operadoras dos EUA serão multadas em US$ 200 milhões


Com o avanço da tecnologia, a sensação de que estamos constantemente sendo vigiados se faz cada vez mais presente. Em alguns casos, isso não se aplica, mas, de acordo com a Comissão Federal de Comunicação (FCC) dos EUA, quatro operadoras do país serão penalizadas pela prática.

A AT&T, Sprint, Verizon e T-Mobile serão multadas pela FCC em um total de US$ 200 milhões por disponibilizar dados de localização em tempo real dos clientes a terceiros. A atividade foi denunciada no ano passado pelo site Motherboard.

Após confirmar as suspeitas, Ajit Pai, presidente da FCC, enviou uma carta ao Comitê de Energia e Comércio da Câmara dos EUA afirmando que estava "comprometido em garantir que todas as entidades sujeitas à nossa jurisdição cumpram a Lei de Comunicações e regras da FCC".

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Ainda assim, algumas operadoras defenderam o compartilhamento de dados como uma prática geral. Em comunicado, a AT&T descreveu a distribuição de informações como "um recurso importante comumente usado pelos desenvolvedores de aplicativos para fornecer serviços de localização".

Procurado pelo site The Verge para comentar a questão, o senador americano Ron Wyden, defensor da segurança de dados e um dos responsáveis por pressionar a FCC para tomar providências, declarou que "[Pai] só investigou os casos depois que a pressão pública aumentou. E agora sua resposta é um conjunto de multas comicamente inadequadas que não impedirão as empresas de telefonia de abusar da privacidade dos americanos".

Via: The Verge



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