Texas Office of the Attorney General warns their practices violated the state's data privacy law.
Satellite radio broadcasting firm Sirius XM and the MyRadar, Miles, and Tapestri apps have been warned about user data gathering practices.
According to The Record, the Texas Office of the Attorney General last month said the practices violated the state's data privacy law.
While Sirius XM has allegedly engaged in the sharing of sensitive user data with unaffiliated third parties and other groups without notifying users and obtaining their consent.
The MyRadar weather app, Miles travel rewards app, and Tapestri information rewards app have been accused of failing to secure data sharing permissions and inform users regarding their data privacy rights.
MyRadar has been particularly found to have provided extensive data to insurer Allstate's mobility data and analytics subsidiary Arity. However its co-founder and CEO Andy Green noted the presence of explicit consent screens on its app.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
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