The federal government has been using Americans’ income and gun purchases to conduct warrantless tracking and deny Second Amendment rights. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gave salary estimates to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as the reason to have people’s firearms purchases monitored. Erich Pratt, senior vice president…
ATF Gains Financial Information on Potential Gun Buyers for Warrantless Tracking, Documents Show
EXCLUSIVE: ATF Gains Financial Information on Potential Gun Buyers for Warrantless Tracking, Documents Show
The federal government has been using Americans’ income and gun purchases to conduct warrantless tracking and deny Second Amendment rights. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gave salary estimates to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as the reason to have people’s firearms purchases monitored. Erich Pratt, senior vice president…
New Merchant Code Approved for Card Purchases of Guns, Ammunition
An international standards body has approved the creation of a merchant category code for gun retailers to identify credit card sales of guns and ammunition. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—a non-governmental body based in Geneva, Switzerland that creates standards across various industries, including the financial services industry—has approved the new merchant category code for gun and ammunition…
Worried an Apple AirTag Is Secretly Tracking You? Here’s What You Can Do
If you think you are being accompanied by an unknown AirTag—the tracking device made by Apple Inc.—here’s what you can do: iPhone Users If using an iPhone, you should turn on your location services (found in ‘Settings’), Bluetooth and tracking notifications (found in the “Find My” app). After this, if you receive a notification that reads, “AirTag…
Sen. Ron Johnson Demands Answers From CDC Over Alleged Tracking of Americans During Pandemic
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has launched a probe into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over its alleged tracking of millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on May 5, Johnson questioned the agency’s alleged use of location data and demanded answers regarding why this was…
Meta to Pay $90 Million to Settle Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to a $90 million settlement over a decade-old lawsuit which accused the social media platform of tracking users’ internet activity through browser plug-ins, even after they logged out of their accounts. A judge must now approve the settlement between Meta and the plaintiffs which was filed on Monday night…
Apple Shares Plan to Reduce Misuse of AirTags With Spying: What You Need to Know
Apple Inc. said Thursday it will issue updates to its AirTag tracking devices and “Find My Network” software so as to cut down on crime and misuse. What Happened The Tim Cook-led company said that AirTag was designed to help people locate personal belongings and not to track people or another person’s property. The iPhone…
Three US States, DC Sue Google Over Location-Tracking
January 25, 2022
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WASHINGTON—Texas, Indiana, Washington State, and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access,”…
Federal Health Agency Collecting Cellphone Data to Inform Pandemic Policies
Canada’s federal health agency has been using cellphone data to track the anonymized movements of Canadians since the onset of the pandemic in order to inform policy and public messaging, and it intends to continue the practice after the COVID-19 crisis is over. Reported by Blacklock’s on Dec. 21, the news was confirmed by the…
Canada’s Federal Health Agency Collecting Cellphone Data to Inform Pandemic Policies
Canada’s federal health agency has been using cellphone data to track the anonymized movements of Canadians since the onset of the pandemic in order to inform policy and public messaging, and it intends to continue the practice after the COVID-19 crisis is over. Reported by Blacklock’s on Dec. 21, the news was confirmed by the…
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