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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 17 Jul 2019
Volume 38 : Issue 198 : "text" format

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AT&T Wants Location Privacy Suit Sent To ArbitrationBill Horne
UPDATE: CenturyLink outages in SW Ohio traced to fiber damage in DaytonBill Horne
AT&T is getting sued for selling customerss' dataBill Horne
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190716150414.GA7783@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:04:14 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Wants Location Privacy Suit Sent To Arbitration by Wendy Davis AT&T is joining T-Mobile in arguing that wireless subscribers have no right to sue over disclosure of their geolocation data. AT&T says in court papers filed Friday that a privacy lawsuit brought by customer Tyler Morrison must be sent to arbitration on the grounds that its contracts with consumers require arbitration of all disputes. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/338172/att-wants-location-privacy-suit-sent-to-arbitrati.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190716153734.GA8132@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:37:34 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: UPDATE: CenturyLink outages in SW Ohio traced to fiber damage in Dayton LEBANON - UPDATE @ 11:32 p.m.: Internet and phone provider CenturyLink is reporting that outages in Lebanon, in southwest Ohio, have been traced to a fiber damaged in Dayton, the county's emergency services director said in a prepared statement. The fiber "runs under a creek and they may have to bore under the creek to make repairs," the county's director, Melissa Bour, said in her statement. "This could be a lengthy repair and run through the night and into the early morning hours," she said. https://www.whio.com/news/local/internet-phone-provider-centurylink-reporting-outages-across-nation/BedgZAyGS2U0Fbe1Epf33N/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190716153128.GA8049@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:31:28 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T is getting sued for selling customerss' data The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit By Colin Leche AT&T was sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation today for selling customer location data to third parties, after controversy erupted earlier this year over wireless carriers' data practices. The digital activism group filed the proposed class action suit today on behalf of AT&T customers in California. The suit also named two other companies, LocationSmart and Zumigo, which have acted as data aggregators, collecting location information and selling it to third parties for commercial use. https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-data-tracking-lawsuit-electronic-frontier-foundation -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 17 Jul 2019

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