Your mobile network broke the law by selling location data and may be fined millions... or maybe not, shrugs FCC

US watchdog struggles to do its job over illegal sale of folks' whereabouts

It's been nearly two years since it was first revealed that US cellular networks were selling real-time location data with inadequate safeguards. Late last week, after months of political pressure, the regulator in charge, the FCC, finally revealed the results of an investigation."