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@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 23:18:26

Airline data broker to stop selling individuals’ travel records to government agencies therecord.media/airline-data-b

Airline data broker to stop selling individuals’ travel records to government agencies
News that the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) will shut down its controversial Travel Intelligence Program (TIP) surfaced in a letter ARC CEO Lauri Reishus sent to a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-01-20 03:21:38

California residents now have a real tool against the data broker industry.
The state has launched DROP, a single portal to demand deletion of your personal data from 500 registered data brokers in one request, for free.
To start: consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/

@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social
2026-01-26 06:05:31

Guter Artikel von Imke Stock darüber, wer die #ICE-Mascine antreibt. Sie erwähnt es nicht im Detail, aber ein Teil der Data Broker, die missionskritisch für ICE sind, stammen ursprünglich aus dem Wissenschaftsbereich wie #LexisNexis oder

USA: Die Architektur der Abschiebung und Palantirs Rolle im neuen ICE-System
Die US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE digitalisiert die Abschiebung mit Palantir, Penlink, Datenbrokern und KI.

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-12 17:18:57

Data broker Kochava agrees to change business practices to settle lawsuit therecord.media/data-broker-ko

Data broker Kochava agrees to change business practices to settle lawsuit
Mobile device users who sued the data broker Kochava are asking for final approval of a deal to force the company to no longer share or sell data revealing sensitive locations.

@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com
2025-11-11 10:02:46

I do, in fact, not have time for a 15 minute call, so I've drafted a form letter that I'll try and send to every single one of these emails starting now.

Email Screenshot from a person named “Lawal”, no further details are given about them. Subject: Re: Daniel, Open to a quick 15-min call? Hi I don’t consent to unsolicited business proposals. Please stop sending me email with offers – they’re only clogging up my inbox with hundreds of similar requests. If you got my email through a directory or data broker, please tell me which so I can get removed from their data. Otherwise please let me know how you obtained my email address. Additional…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 16:02:34

IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant 404media.co/irs-accessed-massi

IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are selling these records to the government through a co-owned data broker.