Last year, you might remember that Verizon was in the news for reaching an agreement with the FCC.
In the end, Verizon agreed to stop tracking customers unless they expressly agreed to opt-in to the program.
The agreement between Verizon and the FCC was roundly seen as a win by privacy advocates and consumer rights groups.
By simply entering a zip code and clicking a button, the site would spit out the full name, current location, and more information.
It would appear that these sites are grabbing the information from the same process that Verizon got busted for.
There is now evidence that US telecom companies are selling real-time access to customer data to third-party companies.
We’ve reached out to Verizon for comment and will update this article if we hear a response. »