AT&T Will Stop Selling Its Location Data After Bounty Hunter Report
- Motherboard found information was shared with bounty hunters
- Carrier said last year it would rein in use of data brokers
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AT&T Inc., facing a fresh uproar over misuse of customer-location data, pledged to stop offering the information to third-party services.
The move follows a report by tech website Motherboard, which found that phone-location data was shared with bounty hunters and authorized people. The site, part of Vice Media, reported that it was able to buy the capability to locate a phone for $300 from the black market. T-Mobile US Inc. said on Jan. 8 it would discontinue the practice in March.