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John LeonardWith technology and the rules governing in a state of considerable flux, businesses need to ensure their own houses are in order now, rather than trying to second guess what might be coming around the corner.<a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/the-ai-shaped-headache-for-privacy-professionals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/the-ai-shaped-headache-for-privacy-professionals</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#governance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whsmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whsmith</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prudential</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiact</a>

MissConstrueMost Americans have no idea that the United States is quite literally the only country in the developed world that doesn’t define <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> as an absolute right for all of its citizens. That’s it. We’re the only one left.Progressives have been fighting for universal healthcare for well over a century. But <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profit</a> have always come first in the American model. It started with the leader of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prudential</a> saying that if we didn’t have healthcare for all, Black people would die and solve the”solve the race problem”, and continues with CEOs making billions by letting Americans die. <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> For All would save American families thousands every year immediately and do away with the 500,000+ annual bankruptcies in this country that happen only because somebody in the family got sick. But it would kill the billions every week in profits of the half-dozen corporate giants that dominate the health insurance industry.<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/heath-insurance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/heath-insurance/</a><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lobbying</a> groups representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYorkLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkLife</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LincolnFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LincolnFinancial</a> Group, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prudential</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Financial</a> & other companies first pushed back against the newly proposed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulations</a> before suing to topple them entirely. Now the govt’s latest attempt to protect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retirees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirees</a> is in political & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> limbo…It is the latest example of a pervasive pattern: As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin tries to impose new restrictions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powerful</a> industries, those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#businesses</a> successfully turn to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> for a reprieve. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Matt WillemsenPrudential revises breach notice to say 2.5 million affected by February incident <a href="https://therecord.media/prudential-breach-revision-exposed-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://therecord.media/prudential-breach-revision-exposed-data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ransomware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prudential</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurance</a>

Kriszta Satori<a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> - Big <a href="https://journa.host/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a> linked to products with <a href="https://journa.host/tags/pangolin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pangolin</a> and <a href="https://journa.host/tags/leopard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leopard</a> parts <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67191069" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67191069</a> 'The companies include UK financial services giants such as <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HSBC</a> , <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prudential</a> , and Legal & General, as well as global investment firms including <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Goldman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goldman</a> Sachs, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBS</a> , <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Deutsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deutsche</a> Bank and <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BlackRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackRock</a>.'

DoomsdaysCW2015: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanders</a> Statement on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxDodging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxDodging</a> CompaniesApril 9, 2015BURLINGTON, Vt., April 9 – "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on new data showing the extent to which some American companies are avoiding taxes:"'I applaud Citizens for Tax Justice for releasing new data today revealing the unfairness of our tax system and the fact that a number of the biggest and most well-known corporations in America continue to pay little or nothing in taxes."'At a time when we have massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> and income <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a>, and when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporate</a> profits are soaring, it is an outrage that many large, profitable corporations not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, but actually received a rebate from the IRS last year."'Instead of balancing the budget on the backs of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elderly</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>, the sick and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poor</a>, as the Republicans in Congress have proposed, we need a tax system that demands that large, profitable corporations and the wealthy start paying their fair share in taxes. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the coming months to make certain that happens.'Top Ten Corporate Tax Dodgers from Citizens for Tax Justice’s Report1. Not only did media giant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeWarner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimeWarner</a> pay nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a rebate of $26 million from the IRS even though it made $4.3 billion in U.S. profits.2. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CBS</a> made $1.8 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes it received a rebate from the IRS of $235 million.3. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Xerox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xerox</a> made $629 million in U.S. profits in 2014, but received a tax rebate of $16 million from the IRS.4. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Prudential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prudential</a> Financial made $3.5 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes, it received a tax rebate of $106 million from the IRS.5. The toy maker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mattel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mattel</a> made $268 million in profits last year, but received a tax rebate of $46 million from the IRS.6. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Priceline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Priceline</a>.com not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a tax rebate of $9 million, even though it made $73 million in profits last year7. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificGasAndElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PacificGasAndElectric</a> not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a tax rebate of $84 million from the IRS even though it made $1.8 billion last year.8. Wireless technology maker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Qualcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Qualcomm</a> made $3.2 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes, it received a refund from the I.R.S. of $98 million.9. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElectric</a> made over $5.8 billion in profits in the U.S. last year, but paid just 0.9 percent of that amount — less than one percent — in federal income taxes.10. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jetblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jetblue</a> Airways made $615 million in U.S. profits last year, but paid just 0.4 percent of that amount — less than half of one percent — in federal income taxes.Source: <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-tax-dodging-companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-tax-dodging-companies/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGasIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGasIndustry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oiligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatism</a>

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