{"id":7474,"date":"2019-05-21T08:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T08:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/att-faces-backlash-over-selling-customer-location-data-but-claims-it-acted-legally-3\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T08:01:23","slug":"att-faces-backlash-over-selling-customer-location-data-but-claims-it-acted-legally-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=7474","title":{"rendered":"AT&amp;T Faces Backlash Over Selling Customer Location Data But Claims It Acted Legally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/att-says-sellign-a-gps-wasnt-illegal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/48140\/thumbnail\/default\/agpsth.jpg\" alt=\"AT&amp;T Faces Backlash Over Selling Customer Location Data But Claims It Acted Legally\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nAT&amp;T is the second largest wireless carrier in the United States with millions of customers under its umbrella.\u00a0But the company is now coming under fire for its decision to sell location data pertaining to its wireless customers. 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