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Does Your Car Company Need Your Permission to Sell Your Driving Data? Where the Law Draws the Line After the GM/OnStar Lawsuits

Montana’s new lawsuit says GM and OnStar never got drivers’ real consent before selling their driving data to brokers who supplied insurers. Here’s where the law draws the line on what carmakers can collect without asking, why GM isn’t the only automaker under scrutiny, and seven steps to protect your privacy and your insurance rates.

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Pennsylvania Sues Rent-to-Own Operators Accused of Selling Homes They Didn’t Own: What Sellers and Buyers Should Know

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General has sued two western Pennsylvania men and their companies over an alleged rent-to-own scheme: they took over homeowners’ mortgages, “sold” the homes to buyers on installment contracts, and then let the mortgages default. A court has already frozen evictions. Here’s what happened and how to protect yourself.

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Lost Money in a Scam Paid Through Walmart or Western Union? FTC Refund Checks Are Going Out Now, and a Western Union Claim Deadline Is December 31

The FTC is mailing 65,022 checks totaling more than $9.8 million to people who were scammed through Walmart money transfers. Separately, the Justice Department has reopened the Western Union fraud-victim compensation program until December 31, 2026. Here’s who qualifies, how to tell a real check from a fake, and what to do now.

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Montana Sues GM and OnStar for Allegedly Selling Drivers’ Data to Insurers: How Your Car’s Driving Data Can Affect Your Insurance and What You Can Do

Montana is the latest state to sue General Motors and OnStar, alleging GM sold drivers’ speed, braking and seat-belt data to data brokers who passed it to insurers. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what the FTC already ordered GM to do, and how to check whether driving data is affecting your insurance.

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Texas Settles With Temu: New Data Rules, Product Safety Testing and Refunds for Harmful Products. What Shoppers Should Know

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an agreed final judgment with Temu that requires U.S. data storage, annual independent product testing for lead, PFAS and other harmful materials, and full refunds to Texans who bought products that fail. Here’s what the settlement does, what it doesn’t, and what shoppers can do now.

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Texas Sues Gerber and Nestlé Over Heavy Metals in Baby Food: What the Lawsuit Claims and What Parents Should Know

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Gerber and Nestlé USA under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, alleging Gerber marketed its baby food as safe and rigorously tested while its own testing found high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what it asks for, and what parents can do now.

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Pennsylvania Sues Insulin Makers and the Big Three Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Prices Allegedly Inflated by More Than 1,000%: What Diabetics Should Know

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has sued Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx under the state’s consumer protection law, alleging a scheme that drove insulin list prices up by more than 1,000%. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what it asks for and what you can do now.

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Disputed a Hard Inquiry With Equifax? A $30 Million Settlement Has a November 29 Deadline, and a TransUnion Bankruptcy-Reporting Settlement Closes October 30

Equifax agreed to a $30 million settlement over how it handled mailed disputes of hard inquiries, with claims due November 29, 2026. A separate $8.31 million TransUnion settlement over bankruptcy remarks has an October 30 deadline. Here’s who qualifies, what each pays, and what to do if a credit bureau brushed off your dispute.

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