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john_strinlaitoday at 1:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

>An FTC spokesperson told CNBC that companies must limit how collected information is used. [...] The agency pointed to existing rules requiring firms to retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary and to safeguard its confidentiality and integrity.

the very same rules that have allowed literally every single piece of my data to be leaked several separate times, and now i have free credit monitoring instead of privacy? and all of those companies still operate normally, as if nothing ever happened? very neat.

>Discord said it is using the additional time this year to add more verification options, including credit cards, more transparency on vendors and technical detail of how age verification will work

and why didnt we start with credit cards? instead of facial recognition with peter thiel? (this is a rhetorical question)


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tmalytoday at 2:26 PM

I have gotten several notices of medical data being leaked over the last two years. I thought HIPPA law had very harsh fines for this, but I guess they just look the other way.

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PaulKeebletoday at 1:51 PM

Some of the accounts being blocked from certain access are themselves 18! You would think Reddit would consider that, but nope it doesn't.

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clumsysmurftoday at 1:42 PM

> now i have free credit monitoring

Might not even matter ...

"TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB."

https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-cf...

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