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Texas Sues GM, Claiming It Secretly Collected Driver Data to Share with Insurers

The state of Texas filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing the company of installing technology in more than 14 million vehicles that collected driver data and sold it to insurance companies and other companies without their consent. CNBC Reports Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced this week that the lawsuit stems from an investigation […]

Justice Department says TikTok collected user data on social issues 

As part of its argument in support of legislation recently signed by President Biden that could force the shutdown of TikTok, the Justice Department has argued that the social media app transmits information about Americans’ social views to Chinese engineers. In a brief filed Friday night, examination According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department […]

CCP-Linked TikTok Collected Data Of American Users’ Political Views, DOJ Says

The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged on Friday that TikTok and its Chinese parent company collected sensitive data from their American users, according to court filings. The DOJ alleged in court filings that TikTok had been collecting Americans’ user data on their views regarding sensitive topics like abortion, gun control and religion, arguing that the […]

Pennsylvania Garbage Facility Collected $10 Million in Lost Change

A waste management facility in Pennsylvania has recovered $10 million worth of lost coins since it began picking through trash in 2017, company officials said. At the Reworld Waste Treatment Plant in Morrisville, sifters are used to carefully remove coins from incinerated trash, sorting them and then washing them to leave them shiny and clean. […]

Fauci, Collins Bagged 58 Royalty Payments Amid $325 Million Collected By NIH

Editors’ Note:  This information seems to go even beyond what is called “regulatory capture.” Rule making agencies often lack expertise and hence tend to recruit personnel from the very companies they regulate. Progressives argued that “market failure” required the guiding hand of bureaucrats to correct abuses. However, in this case, regulators actually stand to profit […]

Google collected children’s voices, license plates: report

A trove of leaked internal documents reportedly revealed that Google collected children’s voice data and recorded carpool routes, including license plate numbers and home addresses. The privacy breaches included thousands of disturbing incidents reported by Google employees between 2013 and 2018. 404 Media Coverage The company announced the matter on Monday, shortly after a massive […]