YouShouldKnow: Your car manufacturer is collecting and selling your deeply personal information and making money out of it.

by tremens-delirium YSK: Major car manufacturers admit in their privacy policies to collecting a wide range of your personal information, to illustrate: Nissan: Their US privacy policy states they can collect data on your “characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, …

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Many Americans are experiencing financial hardship due to the rising expenses of basic needs including housing, transportation, and credit card debt. Personal income fails to keep up with spending for three months.

With the median mortgage payment exceeding the cost of rent by $1,000 per month and average new car payments and used car loan interest rates reaching new highs, households are feeling the strain of increasing expenses. The milestone of $1 …

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Americans’ cars now have ‘unmatched power to watch, listen and collect information about what you do and where you go’ – with at least 84% of 25 car brands in bombshell study sharing or selling personal data

Americans’ cars now have the ‘unmatched power to watch, listen and collect information about what you do and where you go,’ according to a concerning new study. According to the Mozilla Foundation, at least 84 percent of 25 car brands …

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Lowriding! US Personal Savings Lower Than Pre-Covid As Core Inflation Still Hurts At 4.70% YoY (Large Bank Loan Volumes Shrank Last Week As Deposit Outflows Re-Accelerated)

by confoundedinterest17 US personal savings are being exhausted as The Fed raises rates to fight inflation. I call this phenomenon “low riding” where consumers are being punished by The Federal Reserve and Biden Administration. Meanwhile, large bank loan volumes are shrinking. With money-market …

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Welcome To The United Banana Republics Of America! US Debt At $31.8 TRILLION And Growing Fast, Unfunded Liabiliities At $188 TRILLION, Personal Taxes Will Be Rising To Pay For This Outrageous Spending Splurge

by confoundedinterest17 Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela must be envious of Joe Biden. I don’t think even Maduro has the stones to have his politiical opponent charged with espionage in the run-up to a Presidential election. Particularly when the US President has been …

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In April, consumer credit (AKA consumer DEBT) increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.7%. Revolving credit (credit cards) increased at an annual rate of 13.1% , while nonrevolving credit (student loans, personal loans, mortgages) increased at an annual rate of 3.2%.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/current/g19.pdf Remember, From 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2023, total household debt has increased $1,205 billion to $17.05 trillion (+7.57%)–Mortgage balances ($864 billion), HELOC ($22 billion), Student loans ($14 billion), Auto loans ($93 billion), Credit Card debt ($145 …

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Do Not Sell My Personal Information

Your California Privacy Rights & Do Not Sell My Personal Information The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), also known as AB-375, provides California residents with the following rights (the following is copied from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/):  The right of Californians to know what …

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