Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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Your Driver License Information is Being Sold by the State for a Profit |
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Identity theft hit an all-time high in 2016 with about 1 in every 16 U.S. adults being a victim according to one recent study. But it's not always hackers trolling the dark web who are the biggest threat to your personal data being released. A KXAN Investigation discovered itâ??s our own state government thatâ??s giving out the most important key to unlocking the rest of your personal information. And it's an easy cash stream for the state, bringing in $2.7 million since 2010. The state statutes are conflicting when it comes to protecting a Texans date of birth. KXAN obtained a list from the Texas Department of Public Safety showing driver's license information is sold to businesses including grocery stores, towing companies, cosmetics companies; we even found a traveling circus on the list. Brian Collister, KXAN Austin News 11/09/2017 |
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Is Your Phone Spying on You? |
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A notion generating some serious buzz: people who suspect their smart phones are spying because they've seen online ads pop up for things they've never searched for but have merely chatted about within earshot their devices. "One thing I don't think a lot of consumers recognize is that phones are really snitches in their pockets," Sean Lanterman of Minnetonka-based Computer Forensics Services told KARE 11, noting that smartphones are almost always connected to the Internet and they've got microphones. "You can be having a conversation and you have an application that has a microphone capability, and next thing you know you're being advertised as to what your conversation was about." KARE, WFAA.com 11/09/2017 |
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Texas Cemetery Facing Lawsuit |
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A Texas cemetery is facing a lawsuit by the family of a man whose remains were discovered "dripping" out of his casket. The family of the veteran filed suit after they were told that the man's remains were coming out of the casket while his mausoleum was being finished. The million-dollar lawsuit alleges that the cemetery attempted to cover up the incident by stating, "Plaintiffs were responsible for purchasing a new casket, tenting the entirety of the crypt, and for the quarantine measures implemented for the process of transferring [the man's] now liquefied remains to another crypt." Staff Report, KTRK-TV 11/08/2017 |
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Fidget Spinners Sold at Target Contain High Lead Levels, Advocacy Group Says |
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Fidget spinners sold at Target might contain high levels of lead, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group reported Thursday morning. Lab results showed that two fidget spinners currently sold at Target contained extremely high levels of lead, well over the federal legal limit of 100 parts per million. The Fidget Wild Premium Spinner Brass tested for 33,000 parts per million of lead, and the Fidget Wild Premium Spinner Metal tested for 1,300 parts per million. You can still purchase both fidget spinners online for $19.99, but the U.S. Public Interest Research Group is calling on Target to stop selling them and issue recalls. Lindsay Maizland, TEGNA, WFAA.com 11/09/2017 |
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