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The Watchdogs revelation last week that personal information on 27 million past and present Texas drivers license holders is for sale on the dark web leaves many Texans incensed.

Texas state government sells its data sets to outside parties who are not allowed to use them for marketing purposes. But some of these companies then resell to companies who do use it to sell and annoy us.

A Denver company, Vertafore, works with the insurance industry and accepts blame for the data heist. A statement said it was caused by human error.

The FBI and the Texas attorney generals office are investigating.

If you get a boatload of calls, for example, like I do, trying to sell me an extended car warranty, you can thank the state.

In the breach, stolen information includes your name, address, date of birth, drivers license number, VIN, make, model, color and year of car and the lending institution to whom you make car payments.

Some other states do not sell this data, but Texas does. State lawmakers could change the law in their 2021 session.

I first reported this in 2015 when I learned that several state government departments sell information to outsiders. In an open records request that year, I learned that in 2014, the Department of Motor Vehicles earned $2.4 million in sales.

This year, CBS 11/KTVT reporter Brian New updated those numbers. The DMV made more than $3 million in 2019 selling drivers names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and VIN information, he reported.

Before I show you how these sales march through what is possibly the biggest loophole in state government, heres what youre saying to The Watchdog about the data theft:

Jimmy M.: Well, if the state is making money from our personal data I want my share.

Tom W.: The state of Texas is responsible directly for this data breach.

Ted K.: Why is the state allowed to sell data in the first place, especially since they obviously have no idea as to what happens to that information once it leaves their control? Lets fix this and prevent future instances by prohibiting any government entity from selling its citizens data.

Deborah B.: Why is the state allowed to sell this information? Can we opt out?

Mike C.: Our state should be forbidden from selling our personal information. Nowhere in the process are we given the option to opt out of sharing this information.

Fred M.: This is an outrage which needs to continue to be spotlighted.

Cheryl S.: Honestly, this sale by various governments of private citizens personal information sounds like something that a corrupt country would do.

The buyers are data-mining companies, insurance companies, banks, police departments, car dealers, toll companies, school districts, corporations, private investigators, tax-collecting law firms, tow truck companies and electricity companies, to name a few.

Follow this the biggest loophole. In Texas, its against the law for companies who buy the information to use it to sell to us. So to get around that, some companies sell the lists to other marketing companies, which go ahead and use the information to sell and annoy us.

Because our information isnt sold directly to marketers, the state doesnt have to give us a privacy statement when we buy a car or apply for a drivers license. We dont get to opt out, as residents of California are now allowed to do.

State lawmakers could fix this, giving us privacy statements and allowing us to opt out of the information sold. Or they could go one better and prohibit the sale of the databases entirely. Other states do.

If you bring this up, state departments other than the DMV complain loudly about how these are open records that often can help consumers. (For example, your car is towed, and the towing company can figure out whom it belongs to). Besides, selling our data makes a lot of money for the general fund.

One way to see how loosey-goosey Texas is with our information is on the paid subscription lookup site PublicData.com.

Years ago, there were multiple states listed where you could quickly look up a persons drivers license information. Now theres only Florida and Texas. The other 48 now have higher standards of privacy.

Same goes for vehicle information. Only five states are listed for searching, but four are marked [OLD]. The fifth is up to date and active. Thats us.

If you get unwanted spam email, postal mail or phone calls and wonder how they got your information, often enough its because of our states lax laws. Thank you, state leaders.

When it comes to cheap and easy data distribution that violates our privacy, were No. 1. Hoo-ray for Texas.

First, note that Experian was the first alert here. My identity theft service has yet to inform me.

Second, keep an eye on your credit report, which you can get free. Go only to AnnualCreditReport.com or call 1-877-322-8228.

Third, Vertafore is offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services. You can check in with Vertafore at 888-479-3560. Their website for this is vertafore.kroll.com.

Fourth, put a fraud alert on your credit accounts. Ive shown how to do that before with Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.

If you want to learn more, The Watchdog recommends consumer.gov/idtheft and the Texas DPS Identity Theft Information Guide and the Identity Theft Resource Center (Idtheftcenter.org).

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Graph Database market research report helps you staying informed about the trends and opportunities in the industry very easily and quickly by saving a lot of time. The Graph Database report comprises of reviews about key players in the market, major collaborations, merger and acquisitions. The purpose of this Graph Database market research report is to endow you with an absolute insights and awareness of the greatest market opportunities into the applicable markets. SWOT analysis and Porters Five Forces analysis are preferred by the businesses due to their potential in generating market research report.

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Research study is to define Market Sizes of various segments & countries in previous years and to forecast the values to the next 5-8 years. The study designed is to comprise each qualitative and quantitative elements of the Industry facts including: Market Share, Market Size (Value and Volume) correlating each of the areas and countries covered in examination. Furthermore, the research additionally caters the detailed Statistics about the vital elements which Includes drivers & restraining factors to define the future growth of the market.

Global Graph Database Market Dynamics:

Market Drivers:

Market Restraints:

Global Graph Database Market key factors:

Business description A detailed description of the companys operations and business divisions.

Corporate strategy Analysts summarization of the companys business strategy.

SWOT Analysis A detailed analysis of the companys strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.

Company history Progression of key events associated with the company.

Major products and services A list of major products, services and brands of the company.

Key competitors A list of key competitors to the company.

Competitive Rivalry:

Graph Database help customers in various application areas such as supply chain analytics, risk study, demand forecasting, and vendor management. The Industrial Lenses market solutions include various modules, such as financial survey, real-time and batch data analysis, category management, and compliance and policy management. The implementation of Industrial Lenses modules in the organizations will lead to higher data optimization, automated data cleansing, and sourcing category analysis.

Top Players: Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Neo4j, Inc., TIBCO Software Inc., Franz Inc, OpenLink Software, TigerGraph, MarkLogic Corporation, Cray Inc, DataStax, Inc, Stardog Union, Ontotext, Bitnine Co, Ltd., Cambridge Semantics, ArangoDB, Kompass (UK) Ltd, Sparsity Technologies, Objectivity Inc., Teradata, MongoDB, Inc., among others.

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Chapter Two Global Graph Database Market segments

By Type

By Application

By Organization Size

By Industry Vertical

By Deployment Mode

By Component

Global Graph Database Market Regional Segmentation

North America (the United States, Mexico, and Canada)

Europe (Turkey, Germany, Russia UK, Italy, France, etc.)

Asia-Pacific (Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Australia)

The Middle East and Africa (GCC Countries and Egypt)

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Threat of new entry:-Profitable markets attract new entrants, which erodes profitability. Unless incumbents have strong and durable barriers to entry, for example, patents, economies of scale, capital requirements or government policies, then profitability will decline to a competitive rate.

Supplier power:-An assessment of how easy it is for suppliers to drive up prices. This is driven by the: number of suppliers of each essential input; uniqueness of their product or service; relative size and strength of the supplier; and cost of switching from one supplier to another.

Buyer power:-An assessment of how easy it is for buyers to drive prices down. This is driven by the: number of buyers in the market; importance of each individual buyer to the organisation; and cost to the buyer of switching from one supplier to another. If a business has just a few powerful buyers, they are often able to dictate terms.

Five forces analysis helps organizations to understand the factors affecting profitability in a specific industry, and can help to inform decisions relating to: whether to enter a specific industry; whether to increase capacity in a specific industry; and developing competitive strategies.

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The stock market had a relatively quiet day on Wednesday as market participants consolidated their gains from earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) fell back below the 30,000 level, but losses for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) were mild. The Nasdaq Composite even managed to set a new record high.

Index

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Dow

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(174)

S&P 500

(0.16%)

(6)

Nasdaq Composite

+0.48%

+58

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

The soaring stock market has been fertile ground for privately held companies to come public. Even after their IPOs, many stocks are able to sustain their upward momentum. Wednesday featured a couple of recent IPOs that stood out with solid gains, including Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW). Below, we'll look at what sent them higher and what their prospects look like.

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Palantir's stock jumped 22% on Wednesday. The data-mining company has had an impressive debut; its share price tripled from what it had been immediately after its late September IPO.

Palantir's software lets companies take their data and combine it with operational execution and decision-making. The idea behind Palantir's platform is to help users get actionable guidance from the data they collect.

Thus far, Palantir has demonstrated the value of its platform, especially with respect to clients in the government. The company sports a wide array of government contracts that make up a substantial portion of its overall sales. That's drawn some criticism from investors who prefer revenue to come from the private sector, but regardless of where it's coming from, sales at Palantir have grown impressively.

Palantir still isn't profitable, but it's making steady progress toward narrowing its losses on an adjusted basis. Despite some opacity from its relationships with government agencies, Palantir is worth keeping an eye on.

Meanwhile, Snowflake picked up more than 7% Wednesday. The cloud-based data warehouse specialist has gotten a lot of attention after it came public at a lofty price. Yet so far, Snowflake has defied negative predictions, instead building on its first-day double to move ever higher.

Much of Snowflake's business borrows a page from other providers' playbooks, with capabilities that enable enterprises to use an optimized architecture to access data. What investors are starting to realize, though, is that Snowflake can work not only within businesses but across entire industries, enabling sharing of critical information that can boost the prospects of multiple companies in collaborative relationships.

Many investors simply can't get past Snowflake's valuation. With a market capitalization of nearly $84 billion, Snowflake emerged onto the public stock markets with much of its potential growth in share price behind it.

The big question facing Snowflake is whether competitors like the Amazon Web Services division of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and the Azure SQL Data Warehouse product (renamed Azure Synapse Analytics) from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will be able to catch up and integrate new features into their respective platforms. At this point, Snowflake is still securely ahead of its competitors. But with deep pockets and plenty of resources, counting Amazon and Microsoft out would be a huge mistake. Snowflake will have to keep up the pressure in order not to melt under the pressure from its larger tech stock counterparts.

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DUBLIN, Nov. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Adaptogens - Global Market Outlook (2019-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

According to the report, the Global Adaptogens market accounted for $9.80 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach $19.20 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 8.8% during the forecast period. While factors like growing consumer awareness related to the consumption of healthier food products and demand for plant-based beverages are driving the market growth. However, the untapped market potential and volatility in raw material supply are hampering the market growth.

Adaptogens are the mixture of plant and herbs ingredients that are claimed to facilitate the human body to stabilize their physiological processes, better management of stress, and promotion of homeostasis. These are often seen in various Ayurvedic and Chinese healing traditions. These healing processes and ways are catching a trend in recent years to manage stress and researchers all over the world are tending to produce many products using the same.

Based on the end user, the cosmetic & personal care segment is going to have a lucrative growth during the forecast period due to the combinations of cosmeceuticals and nutraceutical for reversing the biological ageing process by using enriching cosmetic products with adaptogens.

By geography, North America is likely to have a huge demand during the forecast period due to huge adoption rate in the region. As the sixth leading cause of death in the US, stress has become a major health issue for its ability to cause other damaging health issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and obesity. Adaptogens are herbs that train the body to counteract stressors of all types (physical, chemical, or biological).

Some of the key players profiled in the Adaptogens Market include MB-Holding GmbH & Co. KG, PLT Health Solutions, Inc., Xi'an Greena Biotech Co. Ltd, Xian Yuensun Biological Technology Co. Ltd, REBBL, Amax NutraSource, Changsha Organic Herb Inc, Organic India, Nutra Industries, and NutraCap Labs.

What the report offers:

Key Topics Covered:

1 Executive Summary

2 Preface2.1 Abstract 2.2 Stake Holders 2.3 Research Scope 2.4 Research Methodology 2.4.1 Data Mining 2.4.2 Data Analysis 2.4.3 Data Validation 2.4.4 Research Approach 2.5 Research Sources 2.5.1 Primary Research Sources 2.5.2 Secondary Research Sources 2.5.3 Assumptions

3 Market Trend Analysis3.1 Introduction 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Restraints 3.4 Opportunities 3.5 Threats 3.6 End User Analysis 3.7 Emerging Markets 3.8 Impact of Covid-19

4 Porters Five Force Analysis4.1 Bargaining power of suppliers 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers 4.3 Threat of substitutes 4.4 Threat of new entrants 4.5 Competitive rivalry

5 Global Adaptogens Market, By Nature5.1 Introduction 5.2 Synthetic 5.3 Natural/Organic

6 Global Adaptogens Market, By Sales Channel6.1 Introduction 6.2 Convenience Stores 6.3 Direct/Business-to-Business (B2B) 6.4 Health & Wellness Stores 6.5 Hypermarkets/Supermarkets 6.6 Online Retailing 6.7 Specialty Stores 6.8 Other Retailing Format

7 Global Adaptogens Market, By Source7.1 Introduction 7.2 Ashwagandha 7.3 Astragalus 7.4 Cordyceps 7.5 Ginseng 7.6 Holy Basil 7.7 Turmeric

8 Global Adaptogens Market, By End User8.1 Introduction 8.2 Animal Feed 8.3 Cosmetics & Personal Care 8.4 Food & Beverages 8.5 Nutraceuticals 8.6 Pharmaceuticals

9 Global Adaptogens Market, By Geography9.1 Introduction 9.2 North America 9.2.1 US 9.2.2 Canada 9.2.3 Mexico 9.3 Europe 9.3.1 Germany 9.3.2 UK 9.3.3 Italy 9.3.4 France 9.3.5 Spain 9.3.6 Rest of Europe 9.4 Asia Pacific 9.4.1 Japan 9.4.2 China 9.4.3 India 9.4.4 Australia 9.4.5 New Zealand 9.4.6 South Korea 9.4.7 Rest of Asia Pacific 9.5 South America 9.5.1 Argentina 9.5.2 Brazil 9.5.3 Chile 9.5.4 Rest of South America 9.6 Middle East & Africa 9.6.1 Saudi Arabia 9.6.2 UAE 9.6.3 Qatar 9.6.4 South Africa 9.6.5 Rest of Middle East & Africa

10 Key Developments10.1 Agreements, Partnerships, Collaborations and Joint Ventures 10.2 Acquisitions & Mergers 10.3 New Product Launch 10.4 Expansions 10.5 Other Key Strategies

11 Company Profiling11.1 MB-Holding GmbH & Co. KG 11.2 PLT Health Solutions, Inc. 11.3 Xi'an Greena Biotech Co. Ltd 11.4 Xian Yuensun Biological Technology Co. Ltd 11.5 REBBL 11.6 Amax NutraSource 11.7 Changsha Organic Herb Inc 11.8 Organic India 11.9 Nutra Industries 11.10 NutraCap Labs

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