[surround]

...such as cell service providers. All of them (in the US, at least) sell your location and browsing data to advertisers.

I would happily pay for a provider that doesn’t triangulate my location 24/7, but none exist.

[chris_va]

(not defending their practices at all...)

They are required to for 911 support.

Obviously they are not required to keep the data, and especially not sell it.

(Minus maybe a sealed NSA directive, though that is pure speculation on my part)

[eru]

In the EU they are required to keep some data by law. No clue about the location data, though.

[zeepzeep]

Right? Seems like enough people are willing to pay for their privacy, the demand is there.