Verizon Pays $7.4M To Settle FCC Privacy Investigation

Wait, why does the Federal Communications Commission get $7.4 million? Were they the ones that had their personal information used for marketing purposes? roll eyes (sarcastic)
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $7.4 million to settle an investigation into the company's use of consumers' personal information for marketing purposes. This is the largest such payment the FCC has ever received in an investigation related solely to the privacy of telephone customers' personal information.