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U.S. Regulator Sues Data Broker Over Sale of Consumer Location Information
August 30, 2022
Adtech group Kochava, a data broker that measures the effectiveness of mobile marketing, has been sued by the US Federal Trade Commission for selling location data from millions of mobile users that could be used to trace individuals’ movements.
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Concerns over Privacy after Two New Amazon Acquisitions
August 29, 2022
Amazon expands its Empire by acquiring One Medical and iRobot, leading to concerns about the companies growing capacity to surveil consumers.
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Alphabet Deploys $5.7 Billion from Largest-Ever Corporate Sustainability Bond
August 24, 2022
Alphabet’s published 2022 Sustainable Bond Impact Report highlighted that the company has completed the allocation of the proceeds of its 2020 $5.7 billion sustainability bond, which focused on green building and renewable energy.
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SEC Attempts to Regulate Indefinable “ESG” Topics
August 17, 2022
Richard Morrison writing for the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) breaks down the issues concerning the Security and Exchange Commission’s attempt to pass a proposal that would amend the current Commission rule on investment company names in order to attempt to regulate Environmental Social Governance (ESG) topics.
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Peter Thiel-Backed ETF Aims to Free Investors from ESG
August 17, 2022
A new exchange-traded fund, backed by Peter Thiel, the Strive U.S. Energy ETF (DRLL), which invests in broad energy stocks via the Solactive United States Energy Regulated Capped Index, aims to free investors from the “destructive mandates” of traditional environment, social and governance (ESG) investing.
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