Tag: FTC

Privacy nightmare: FTC claims Drug Discount App GoodRx was leaked user data to Facebook and Google

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

FTC alleges that GoodRx, a drug discount site, has sold user data to Facebook. The Masters of the Universe are known for their insatiable desire for all personal information, but medical data is especially valuable for advertising purposes and in other ventures.

Privacy nightmare: FTC claims Drug Discount App GoodRx was leaked user data to Facebook and Google

H/T: Steve Lehto

This is disturbing because it means that the pharmacies are giving people’s information to GoodRX! You don’t have to enter your personal information on the GoodRX site (unless they’re using information from cookies)—you just print out the discount coupon to give to your pharmacist! The pharmacies should be penalized, as well!

A new bill would ban anyone under 16 from using social media

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A growing number of U.S. policymakers and federal officials are angling to keep children and young teenagers off social media entirely, citing mounting concerns that the platforms may harm their well-being and mental health. It’s a notable escalation in the rhetoric around keeping kids safe online, which has largely focused on setting new digital protections.

A new bill would ban anyone under 16 from using social media

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

Josh Hawley Wants In On The TikTok Moral Panic Attention, Proposes Nationwide Ban

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Insurrectionist sprinter Josh Hawley has joined the growing chorus of GOP politicians who’ve spent years doing jack shit about U.S. consumer privacy abuses, and now want to pretend that banning a single app — TikTok — will protect American consumers from a problem they themselves created.

Josh Hawley Wants In On The TikTok Moral Panic Attention, Proposes Nationwide Ban

BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

from the sorry-seatbelts-are-extra dept
Wed, Jan 11th 2023 05:22am – Karl Bode

Last year BMW took ample heat for its plans to turn heated seats into a costly $18 per month subscription in numerous countries. As we noted at the time, BMW is already including the hardware in new cars and adjusting the sale price accordingly. So it’s effectively charging users a new, recurring fee to enable technology that already exists in the car and consumers already paid for.

BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service

Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new phone spying operation

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Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new phone spying operation

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Rubio’s Bill To Ban TikTok Is A Dumb Performance That Ignores The Real Problem

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For several years we’ve noted how most of the calls to ban TikTok are bad faith bullshit made by a rotating crop of characters that not only couldn’t care less about consumer privacy, but are directly responsible for the privacy oversight vacuum TikTok (and everybody else) exploits.

Rubio’s Bill To Ban TikTok Is A Dumb Performance That Ignores The Real Problem

Related:

Senate passes bill banning TikTok from government devices