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Kanye West Sued For Tricking Fans Into Disclosing Data

by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer

A Kanye West fan says he was duped into joining the streaming service Tidal, which collected information about his email address, social media accounts and credit card. Read the whole story

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by Wendy Davis
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by Laurie Sullivan
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