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    "Politics and News",
    "GM Secretly Sold California Drivers' Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement - Slashdot",
    "'They took £20,000 I didn't owe': Parents hit by Child Maintenance Service errors"
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  "textContent": "###  \n\t\t\t\t\t\tGM Secretly Sold California Drivers' Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement - Slashdot\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\"General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,\" says California's attorney general, \"and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so.\" In 2024, The New York Times \"reported that automakers including GM were sharing...\n\nyro.slashdot.org\n\n\nThe short version: GM sold driver data off on the sly for $20m, got caught, ordered to pay $12m, makes $8m profit anyway. As they said on Slashdot, they still turned a nice profit despite breaking the rules.\n\n\n\n###  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t'They took £20,000 I didn't owe': Parents hit by Child Maintenance Service errors\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nJohn Hammond is one of 30 parents who told BBC Your Voice they'd experienced problems with the CMS.\n\nwww.bbc.co.uk\n\n\nParent gets £18k lifted by the government for child support, court battle ensues, judge rules in his favour the full £18k reimbursed and £8k towards his legal fees, except that his legal fees were £14k.",
  "title": "One set of rules for the rich, another set for the poor"
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