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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against General Motors for allegedly “unlawfully collecting drivers’ private data.” “We’re suing General Motors for unlawfully collecting drivers’ private data and selling it to several companies—including INSURANCE COMPANIES,” Paxton said. “Our investigation revealed that General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy and broke the law. We WILL hold them accountable. Companies are using invasive technology to violate the rights of our citizens in unthinkable ways,” Paxton continued. “Millions of American drivers wanted to buy a car, not a comprehensive surveillance system that unlawfully records information about every drive they take and sells their data to any company willing to pay for it,” he added. BREAKING: We’re suing General Motors for unlawfully collecting drivers’ private data and selling it to several companies—including INSURANCE COMPANIES. Our investigation revealed that General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy and… pic.twitter.com/xl4jaeGzOK — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 13, 2024 Read the full press release: Reuters reports: General Motors has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other companies without drivers’ consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday’s lawsuit arose from a probe announced in June into whether several automakers collected and sold mass amounts of data without drivers’ knowledge. Paxton said GM’s data were used to compile “Driving Scores” assessing whether more than 1.8 million Texas drivers had “bad” habits such as speeding, braking too fast, steering too sharply into turns, not using seatbelts and driving late at night. Insurers could then use the data when deciding whether to raise premiums, cancel policies or deny coverage, Paxton said. The technology was allegedly installed on most GM vehicles starting with the 2015 model year. General Motors has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other companies without drivers' consent. More here: https://t.co/39NJGSVchS — Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 14, 2024 WATCH: Texas files new lawsuit against General Motors, claiming the company installed data collection software on more than 14 million vehicles. @trevorlault reports. pic.twitter.com/pchR7JBWcO — Good Morning America (@GMA) August 14, 2024 From POLITICO: In June, Paxton opened an investigation on multiple car companies regarding their collection and sale of drivers’ data, raising concerns about people’s information being sold to insurance companies. Cars collect an extensive amount of data on drivers, including their location, their contacts and their driving patterns. This data can be used for city planning purposes, but it is also used for targeted advertising and to adjust insurance rates. GM has been embroiled in data privacy concerns after the New York Times revealed in March that the company shared drivers’ data with data brokers, who then provided the information to insurance companies. A follow-up investigation from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in July accused General Motors of failing to obtain proper consent from drivers before sharing their data and accused the company of manipulating users for its data collection.

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Candy company Mars will acquire Kellanova for $35.9 billion in cash, merging some of the biggest U.S. candy and snack brands, the companies announced Tuesday. 

Children of people who look like me run to the police; others have to run from [the police, Walz has said. He didn’t want to send law enforcement because he claimed they “started the problem in the first place. It wasn’t the communist anarchists of Antifa and Black Lives Matter who were to blame or […] The post Walz let Minneapolis burn because police “started the problem…” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Three-term Democratic Senator Jon Tester may be in trouble in Montana as a poll released Wednesday shows him trailing by six points to Republican challenger, Tim Sheehy.  Tester, who is facing a difficult re-election campaign in a state former President Donald Trump won by 16 points in 2020, is backed by 44.7% of likely Montana voters, while Sheehy had the support of 50.8%, according to a new survey from American Pulse Research and Polling. Nearly 4% of those polled indicated they were still undecided.   American Pulse conducted the poll of 538 likely Montana voters on behalf of NonStop LOCAL, a regional news network covering parts of Washington, Idaho, and Montana.  “While there’s still a lot of time before Election Day, it appears Montana could be on the cusp of delivering a Republican Majority in the U.S. Senate,” said lead American Pulse pollster Dustin Olson. “Likely driving this result, Montanans chose ‘Economy and Inflation’ as their #1 Issue and that they trust Tim Sheehy to handle it better than Senator Jon Tester.” The survey was conducted from August 10 to 12, the days after Trump held a rally in Bozeman, and has a 4.2% margin of error.  Montana’s Senate race is considered one of the most critical in the 2024 election, as Democrats seek to retain their majority and Republicans hope to flip control.  The top issues for all voters surveyed were inflation and economic issues (27.6), affordable housing (15.2%), and immigration and the border (14.3%). Voters backing Trump and Sheehy cited inflation, immigration, and taxes as their top issues, while those backing Vice President Kamala Harris and Tester selected affordable housing, democracy, and inflation as their key issues. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI The poll also found that Trump has a 14-point lead in Montana over Harris, consistent with his 2016 and 2020 victories in the state.  During his Friday rally in front of 8,000 supporters at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Trump and other top Montana GOP figures called for the crowd to back Sheehy in November.  “The nation is watching Montana; they are counting on us, eighty-eight days away, in this most consequential election,” Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines said at the rally. “If we are going to take this country back, we must elect President Trump and we must elect Tim Sheehy to support President Trump back in Washington.” Related: Democrat Jon Tester Campaigns Against His Own Record In Montana