Ars Technica

Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

Yesterday, Congress members revealed the results of a seven-month investigation into tax-filing companies. Lawmakers found that H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer “recklessly shared” potentially ...
Electronic Design

11 Myths About Data Sharing

Discover how leading semiconductor companies are rethinking data sharing and why common fears around IP loss, complexity, and trust may be holding the industry back more than ...
CNET

Verizon to Raise Rates of Older Shared Data Plans

Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing worlds of telecom, streaming and sports. He previously worked as a technology reporter at USA Today. The increase is the carrier's most aggressive push yet ...
Wired

Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants

Last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) quietly updated a public notice to reveal that the agency would be sharing “citizenship and immigration information” with the Department of Homeland ...
Wired

Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies

Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into targeted advertising systems, which build up ...
OPB

At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA

Since late July, most Democratic-led states have refused to give in to an unprecedented demand from the Trump administration to turn over personal information on federal food assistance recipients ...
Marketplace

GM was collecting and sharing drivers’ data, often without their knowledge

In their quarterly earnings report out this week, General Motors reported a significant increase in profits for the first three months of the year, citing robust sales of gas-powered cars as a main ...
NPR

The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states

The Trump administration's push to rapidly amass sensitive personal information about hundreds of millions of people living in the U.S. is extending to a rich new vein of information: troves of ...
CNET

Data Privacy: Your Carrier Knows a Lot About You. Here's How to Take Back Control

Regardless of whether you have an AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon plan, your data is being tracked by default. Here's how to protect your privacy and turn it off. Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing ...
Forbes

How The Data Economy Can Enable Data To Be Fluidly Valued And Privately Shared

Cookies are expected to be phased out by Google in the second half of 2024 due to a confluence of data privacy laws and advertising standards, making the collection of user data more difficult for ...
The New York Times

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly. Some ...