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Comment by bilekas

Verizon disputed this not because the fine was in ANY way impactful, but because they wanted to push to see if they could legally do it without any repercussions. In their last quarter alone they made over 9k million USD, if I'm reading it right [0].

> Verizon chose to pay fine, giving up right to jury trial

40Million fine is a cost of doing business, but my question is if people's data was sold without consent, why is a class action not taken against them? Where is the right of the injured party here ?

[0 ]https://www.verizon.com/about/investors/quarterly-reports/2q...

parent bilekas 1 year ago

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