Pearce, who reportedly started YoGov after a frustrating visit to an Oakland DMV, told the Chronicle that YoGov does not sell data from its users, and is trying to set up a face-to-face meeting soon with the DMV.
In one case in April, several former employees of mortgage broker LendingTree were accused of using company passwords to access and sell data from as many 56,000 customers to home loan lenders.
"One of the effects everyone is looking for in the genomics area is Moore's law -- more data, less money," said Doug Dolginow, an executive vice president at Gene Logic, which sells data from gene chip studies to pharmaceutical companies.
Vizio, for example, paid $2.2 million last year to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of New Jersey that it was collecting and selling data from millions of smart TVs without the knowledge or consent of set owners.
Could local municipalities make money from selling data from the cameras that will be installed?
You're going to need to get your sold data from the local MLS, Multiple Listing Service.
The Eastman Kodak Company introduced yesterday its Kodak Global Imaging segment, which will sell data derived from highly detailed pictures of the earth taken from space, and announced an acquisition that will support the unit.
Generally, the consumer experience of using voice seems to be well-received by most, but voice assistant technology makers will do well to learn from social media's user privacy debacles, and take steps to protect consumer privacy, not sell data, and refrain from being "creepy," PwC suggests.
In 2009, the Electronic Privacy Information Center brought a complaint to the FTC against a parental control software company which was selling data collected from parents to third parties seeking consumer information.
A report published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette earlier this year found that the campaigns of several 2012 candidates including Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich as well as a now-defunct committee for Hillary Clinton raked in money and helped retire their debts by selling data collected from supporters.
Thirty percent is from selling data, and 20percentt from fees paid by Nasdaq-listed companies.
