The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., criticized FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today for his refusal to brief the committee on the current controversy surrounding location data. All four carriers are reportedly winding down their practice of selling their subscribers' real-time location data to third party location aggregators, who then sell the info to other firms.

According to Gizmodo, Pai was asked to appear in front of the committee on an "emergency briefing" by Chairman Pallone Jr., who said that the matter was too important ...


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