The concern over location tracking began last week, when Motherboard reported that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T were selling users real-time location data to third-party distributors.
After the report, carriers said they would stop selling this data, or had halted the practice in the past, but those statements didnt quell lawmakers.
A number of consumer protection sites are down, and device approvals and other enforcement efforts have been suspended until the government re-opens.
No FCC oversight hearings have been officially scheduled, but Pallone has said that he is looking to hold more regular hearings compared to the previous Congress.
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