N-gated Hacker NewsDec 16
🚨🤖 BREAKING NEWS: "Privacy" extensions are selling your secrets! Who knew that clicking "accept" was basically signing over your soul and deepest thoughts to the #ShadyPanda Corporation? 🐼💼 Now, 8 million of us can enjoy the honor of having our mundane AI conversations peddled for profit. Truly, we're living in the future! 🎉🔐
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection #PrivacyExtensions #DataSelling #AIConversations #DigitalPrivacy #HackerNews #ngated
8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

Privacy browser extensions misled users and sold 8 million AI chat logs, exposing sensitive conversations for profit without consent.

Reddit Tech VN BotDec 11

App SaaS của tôi có 1000+ người dùng hàng ngày (Freemium), nhưng họ không trả phí. Tôi cần tiền để duy trì dịch vụ và đang cân nhắc bán dữ liệu người dùng (phân tích, tin nhắn...). Bạn có thể chia sẻ: - Dữ liệu nào bán được? - Nên bán ở đâu? - Có thể kiếm được bao nhiêu? Xin kinh nghiệm từ ai đã từng làm. #SaaS #Monetization #DataSelling #TechVn #ThươngMaiDuLieu #AppVietnam

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1pjvjps/how_to_monetize_my_users_data/

Research Network Digi-Oek.chJan 18, 2025

[en] FTC orders GM to stop collecting, selling driver’s data

"... proposes a settlement in which the automotive giant will be barred from sharing drivers’ sensitive data for five years."

"#FTC alleges that #GM collected precise #geolocation data every three seconds, as well as driving data (braking, speeding) from millions of #vehicles without obtaining the consumers' explicit #consent."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/ftc-orders-gm-to-stop-collecting-and-selling-drivers-data/

#car #auto #privacy #pii #sensitivedata #dataselling #dataprivacy #dataprotection

FTC orders GM to stop collecting and selling driver’s data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and sale of drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data without first obtaining their consent.

BleepingComputer
ladychelseaofthevoidOct 25, 2024

Oh yes, I totally believe the AI Overview RUN BY GOOGLE about how Google doesn't sell data.

fuck off

#googlesellsyourdata #dataselling #corruption #conglomerate #monopoly #socialmedia

MotherboardMay 2, 2023
The free tool from Privacy4Cars provides some insight on whether your vehicle is collecting and sharing location and other types of data.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7enex/tool-shows-if-car-selling-data-privacy4cars-vehicle-privacy-report
#carprivacy #CYBER #privacy #cars #dataselling #locationdata #privacy4cars #Mazda
New Tool Shows if Your Car Might Be Tracking You, Selling Your Data

The free tool from Privacy4Cars provides some insight on whether your vehicle is collecting and sharing location and other types of data.

MotherboardMar 29, 2023
For years the DEA has used paid informants inside airline, bus, and parcel companies to bypass needing to get a warrant. A pair of bipartisan Senators now want the DOJ to put an end to it.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akn8v/the-dea-bought-customer-data-airlines-parcel-bus-amtrak-no-warrant
#dataselling #CYBER #privacy #JUSTICE #dea #FBI #senatorronwyden #ATF #USMarshals
The DEA Bought Customer Data from Rogue Employees Instead of Getting a Warrant

For years the DEA has used paid informants inside airline, bus, and parcel companies to bypass needing to get a warrant. A pair of bipartisan Senators now want the DOJ to put an end to it.

MotherboardFeb 23, 2023
ICE has queried LexisNexis' data more than a million times, and leadership encouraged officials to use the tool for finding non-citizens.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vz5w/ice-urged-to-drop-lexisnexis-contract
#CYBER #data #dataselling #lawenforcement #lexisnexis #DataBrokers #ImmigrationsandCustomsEnforcement
Immigration Advocates Urge DHS to Drop ICE's LexisNexis Contract

ICE has queried LexisNexis' data more than a million times, and leadership encouraged officials to use the tool for finding non-citizens.

MotherboardFeb 2, 2023
Procurement records and documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests highlight LexisNexis' often overlooked business of selling data to the government.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p8j5/lexisnexis-selling-data-government
#CYBER #dataselling #lexisnexis #ice #secretservice #data #personaldata
LexisNexis 'Virtual Crime Center' Makes Millions Selling to the Government

Procurement records and documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests highlight LexisNexis' often overlooked business of selling data to the government.

VICE NewsJun 15, 2022
Sweeping Legislation Aims to Ban the Sale of Location Data https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4axydq/legislation-aims-to-ban-health-and-location-data-protection-act #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #ElizabethWarren #AbortionClinics #BernieSanders #SURVEILLANCE #locationdata #dataselling #ronwyden #privacy #CYBER
Sweeping Legislation Aims to Ban the Sale of Location Data

The Health and Location Data Protection Act comes after Motherboard reported that brokers were selling location data on people visiting abortion clinics. The bill would give the FTC and individual people power to curb some of the worst abuses of such data

VICE NewsJan 7, 2022
Crook Sells Access to Data Tool Used by Private Investigators https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7w7xz/crook-sells-access-transunion-tlo-private-investigators #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #privateinvestigators #PRIVATEINVESTIGATOR #creditmonitoring #SURVEILLANCE #dataselling #TransUnion #CYBER
Crook Sells Access to Data Tool Used by Private Investigators

TransUnion's TLO can be used to lookup a person's SSN and other sensitive information.