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Mostly False

Helping hand or Trojan horse?

Privacy

"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Mostly False

Misleading claims

Privacy

Arizona Democratic Party

"Congresswoman Martha McSally voted to let companies sell your internet data to the highest bidder without your consent. Then she got paid $42,000 by the very corporations she allowed to sell your personal info."

— PolitiFact Arizona on Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

Mostly False

No confirmed release of data

Privacy

Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, February 5th, 2018

False

More usual than unusual

Privacy

"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, April 6th, 2017

Mostly True

They'll mention your unmentionables

Privacy

Fight for the Future

"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, March 30th, 2017

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