Second Circuit Upholds Verizon $46.9 Million Fine for Sharing Location-Based Data
September 12, 2025
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a final decision in Verizon v. FCC, upholding a $46.9 million penalty against Verizon for mishandling customer location data. This ruling has significant implications for our members engaged in telemarketing and SMS text marketing. The Court affirmed the FCC's finding that Verizon violated Section 222 of the Communications Act by failing to reasonably safeguard Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI). The Second Circuit explicitly concluded that device-location data qualifies as CPNI, triggering the privacy protections of the Communications Act. …
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