Erik Uebelacker reports: A New York court on Thursday blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing a legal punishment against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in Texas, which has a near-total abortion ban. “Today, I informed Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton that the Ulster County Clerk’s Office…
General Motors sold Hoosier drivers on using OnStar – then sold their data to raise rates. Now Indiana is suing them.
General Motors LLC and its own subsidiary, OnStar LLC, engaged in widespread deceptive practices by secretly collecting and selling Indiana drivers’ personal data to third parties, including insurance companies, without their knowledge or consent, Attorney General Todd Rokita has alleged in a lawsuit filed by his office this week. Marketing their OnStar “Smart Driver” system…
EU court adviser backs WhatsApp in fight against EU privacy watchdog
Channel News Asia reports: BRUSSELS : Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp on Thursday got the backing of an adviser to Europe’s top court in its fight against the EU privacy watchdog, which had ordered the Irish data protection authority to jack up a fine four years ago for privacy breaches. The Irish enforcer fined WhatsApp 225 million…
DOGE says it needs to know the government’s most sensitive data, but can’t say why
Stephen Fowler and Jenna McLaughlin report: Fewer than 50 people have access to Social Security Administration databases containing hundreds of millions of people’s private financial and personal information. But only one also has access to the government’s human resources and student loan files. Akash Bobba is one of many Department of Government Efficiency staffers who have embedded…