Are there any US carriers that have been confirmed to not share location data with 3rd parties such as LocationSmart? LocationSmart boasts on their website that they can get the location of 95% of the cell phones in the US... how can I be that 5%?
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"Cricket is an AT&T company and we share your Personal Information with AT&T and other companies in the AT&T family, commonly referred to as affiliates, for a variety of purposes, including the marketing of products and services to you." https://www.cricketwireless.com/privacy
The "variety of purposes" is what concerns me, and is why I have learned to hate trying to understand Privacy Policies. There are too many potential loopholes. Of course, I am not a lawyer, so my interpretation may be incorrect.
LocationSmart’s website says they can get location of 95% of cell phones in the US. I’m tempted to try and call their sales department and see if they would tell me which carriers they don’t support...
"We will not sell your personal information to anyone, for any purpose. Period." https://www.cricketwireless.com/privacy
But they also say that they may share personal information (which may include location??) to 3rd parties with user "consent":
"Do you share my Personal Information with other companies for them to market to me?
We may share your Personal Information with AT&T and other AT&T affiliates for a variety of purpose, including so that they can market products and services to you. Except for AT&T and other AT&T affiliates, we will not share your Personal Information with other companies for them to use for the marketing of their own products and services without your consent."
Can someone with Cricket Wireless see if LocationSmart has access to their location https://www.locationsmart.com/try/ ?
The Google Fi Terms of Service says they are collecting location data:
"When your device is turned on or when you use the Services, we may collect and process information about your actual location. This may include information about your current activity (e.g., driving, running, walking, etc.), which lets us know when you may be moving between different mobile and Wi-Fi networks." https://fi.google.com/about/tos/#project-fi-privacy-notice
I'm okay with Google collecting location information, insofar as they only use it to provide cell service, and not for advertising and don't provide it to 3rd parties. Unfortunately, their Privacy Policy states that they can use it for advertising:
"We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and our users. We also use this information to offer you tailored content – like giving you more relevant search results and ads ." https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us#infouse
And they can provide it to 3rd parties. Note that they require "consent", just like T-Mobile's privacy policy:
"We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google when we have your consent to do so." https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us#nosharing
So even if they are not currently providing information to LocationSmart, according to my understanding of their privacy policy, they are able to.
"With your consent. We may provide location-based services or provide third parties with access to your approximate location to provide services to you." https://www.t-mobile.com/company/website/privacypolicy.aspx
That is why a text message confirmation is required to get a cell phone's location from https://www.locationsmart.com/try/
For those on T-Mobile, there are privacy settings that can be adjusted here: https://my.t-mobile.com/profile/privacy_notifications/advert... I already had all of them disabled, and I was still able to get the location of my cell phone from LocationSmart.
I chatted with T-Mobile support yesterday to see if I could opt-out of them sharing my data. Not surprisingly, the support agent was less than helpful. "Don't worry, your data is secured"
Are there any US carriers that respect privacy and do not share private information with 3rd parties? Or is that a pipe dream?
If you find another place to opt-out, let me know...
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