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Long Beach, CA- In a recent article by Motherboard they reported about companies that traffic in personal location data, and how easy that information can be acquired for a few hundred dollars.
The reporter said he was able to pay a bounty hunter $300 to get a cell phone’s GPS location. The bounty hunter was able to buy the location data through third-party vendors that get the data directly from T-Mobile.
T-Mobile shares location data with companies like Zumigo, who shares that information with Microbilt. Microbilt then shares that data with its customers.
The Motherboard article claimed the data was accurate within a radius of about 1,600 ft.
When a bail bond is posted the bail bondsman is given written permission to track the defendant’s location. The use of those tracking techniques for any other purpose is strictly prohibited and very illegal. Bail bondsmen throughout the industry are speaking out against the actions of this bounty hunter. His actions were illegal and extremely frowned upon by the entire bail industry.
Legislators are now calling for tighter privacy laws and an FCC investigation. As the government shutdown continues, which has shutdown the FCC, there is no word on what, if any, legal action will be taken against the bounty hunter.
Check back for more updates as the story develops.
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