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Engadget: GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers’ driving data . “Following its settlement with the FTC earlier this year over its sale of drivers’ data to brokers, General Motors has now also reached a settlement in California. The company agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties to settle the lawsuit led by Attorney General Rob Bonta on […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/engadget-gm-agrees-to-pay-12-75-million-to-settle-california-lawsuit-over-misuse-of-customers-driving-data/

Engadget: GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers’ driving data

Engadget: GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers’ driving data . “Following its settlement with the FTC earlier this year over its sale of…

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Don Marti 1d ago

Library events page for DROP Day is up. JULY 24 at the Alameda (California) Free Library. (fixed)

"DROP gives you more control over your data. You can tell data brokers to delete and not sell your personal information."

If you're already signed up please stop by for bonus privacy tips and/or to help others. Hope to see you there https://alamedafree.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=351893

#california #privacy #alameda #calPrivacy #DROP #dataBrokers

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 6d ago

Gizmodo: Meta and TikTok Are Getting Your Data From State Healthcare Sites: Report. “According to a report from Bloomberg, all 20 state-run healthcare marketplaces include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/08/meta-and-tiktok-are-getting-your-data-from-state-healthcare-sites-report-gizmodo/

Meta and TikTok Are Getting Your Data From State Healthcare Sites: Report (Gizmodo)

Gizmodo: Meta and TikTok Are Getting Your Data From State Healthcare Sites: Report. “According to a report from Bloomberg, all 20 state-run healthcare marketplaces include advertising tracker…

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Nick Espinosa May 7

The U.S. Government Is Buying Our Data. We don't need to wait for AI. The surveillance state is here.

#News #TechNews #USA #Privacy #DataBrokers

https://youtu.be/zgyniEL1Wi0

The U.S. Government Is Buying Our Data

YouTube

Nick Espinosa May 7

Daily podcast: The U.S. Government Is Buying Our Data. We don't need to wait for AI. The surveillance state is here.

#News #TechNews #USA #Privacy #DataBrokers #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/usg

The U.S. Government Is Buying Our Data

We don't need to wait for AI. The surveillance state is here.

SoundCloud

Lo May 3

Est-ce qu'il y a un/une connaisseur(e) ici qui pourrait nous expliquer pourquoi depuis quelques jours il y a un second petit JavaScript accompagnant les vidéos de Blast et du Média (et sans doute ailleurs, mais je ne sais pas où) ?
Il s'agit de "octos3.fr" de chez Octo technology il me semble, liée à Accenture, un cabinet de conseil et de réalisation IT.

Est-ce un partenaire légitime quand on s'inquiète de sa vie privée (ce n'est pas une question rhétorique) ? Est-ce, donc, un "data broker", ou récupèrent-ils des données pour d'autres usages (entraînement d'IA, par exemple) ?

#blast #lemedia #octo #vieprivee #databrokers #PeerTube

GothamRider.AI Apr 27

That $50 number isn't hypothetical. In 2025, a man allegedly used data broker sites to find lawmakers' home addresses. Two people became victims. A broker collecting 17 billion signals a day was hacked. Millions of locations leaked on a Russian forum. The FBI director confirmed they buy your location data without a warrant. Days later, his own email was breached. Nobody is safe in this system. Follow us and stay informed. #DataPrivacy #DigitalSovereignty #DataBrokers

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 27

#US #government ramps up #masssurveillance with help of #AI tech, #databrokers – and your apps and devices
While companies can manipulate you, they cannot put you in jail. But US government can, and it now purchases massive quantities of your information from commercial data brokers. The government is able to purchase Americans sensitive data because the information it buys is not subject to the same restrictions as information it collects directly.
https://theconversation.com/us-government-ramps-up-mass-surveillance-with-help-of-ai-tech-data-brokers-and-your-apps-and-devices-277440
#privacy #surveillance

US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices

To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.

The Conversation

Sudo Apr 27

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Your home blueprint is being sold to data brokers.

Smart vacuums use LiDAR to create millimeter-accurate 3D models of your living space. That floorplan? It could end up in a subpoena, a breach, or a broker's database.

Ep 23 of Impractical Privacy breaks it down: ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#DataBrokers #IoT #PrivacyRights #SmartHome #ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #DigitalRights #Surveillance #SurveillanceTech