FTC Looking Into Targeted Pricing Based on Personal Data July 26, 2024 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched a study of products that could allow companies to set different prices for...
T-Mobile Glitch Showed Customer Data to Wrong Account Holders September 22, 2023 By Scott Moritz Some T-Mobile US Inc. customers logged into their accounts Wednesday to a surprise: Another subscriber’s billing and account information was...
FBI Director Says TikTok Poses National Security Concerns November 17, 2022 By David Shepardson The U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok raise national security concerns, FBI Director Chris Wray said on Tuesday, flagging the risk...
NFL Is Latest Target in Lawsuits Over Data-Sharing With Meta September 15, 2022 By Joe Schneider The National Football League was sued for allegedly sharing digital subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, becoming the...
Meta’s Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit August 29, 2022 By Joel Rosenblatt Meta Platforms Inc. settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica....
Consumers Open to Sharing Personal Data with Insurers But Worry About Data Security January 26, 2021 If it means reduced premiums, consumers are willing to share their personal information with insurers but they question whether insurers...
Insurers Hope Insurtech Will ‘Nudge’ Customers to Less Risky Behaviors September 19, 2017 By Jemima Kelly and Carolyn Cohn Insurers are counting on real-time technology to help them cut back payouts, from a system warning ships of nearby pirates...
Virginia Says 172K Former Licensed Agent Records May Have Been Breached June 16, 2016 Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) is advising former licensed insurance agents of the potential improper access to their personal data...
N.J. Police Captain Accused of Illegally Accessing Private Insurance Database June 18, 2015 Authorities have accused a Newark, New Jersey, police captain and a former officer of illegally accessing a private insurance database...