A proposed bill would bar companies from using data like a phone’s battery life, what apps are installed and where its user is to set prices.

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Pixel Hunt Mortgage Brokers Sent People’s Estimated Credit, Address, and Veteran Status to Facebook More than 200 national and regional lenders share sensitive user data with Facebook. Experts say it ...

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Wisconsin uses a computer model to predict how likely middle school students are to graduate from high school on time.

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