The Fair Credit Reporting Aact ruling is that if a database results in a denial of a credit-related service, they have to tell you why. But there are apparently loopholes. There are special databases used by landlords to decide whether to rent to you.
www.propublica.org/article/how-your-shadow-credit-score-could-decide-whether-you-get-an-apartment.
Past legal actions, and formal complaints, are recorded.
https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01.
In 2008, Scott McCloud prepared a comic illustrating a host of substantial improvements to the Chrome browser (such as running each tab in a separate process).
In 2022 McCloud has prepared a very different comic about Chrome. This time it is a warning. We are the frogs in the pot, and Google has been heating things up for years now.
Here are things that Chrome does:
Start with pharmaceutical patents and the "third world"
Covid vaccines are patented. There has been talk of "vaccine patent waivers", but these have not materialized. Here's an article on the status of the waivers process: www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/covid-rich-countries-are-refusing-to-waive-ip-rights-on-vaccines.html.
The existing WTO framework has a "compulsory license" process for vaccine licenses. But prospective vaccine makers have to find all the patents that need to be licensed for a drug, and this can be daunting. Also, pharmaceutical companies can object.
See https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00878-x.
Vague and broad patents:
8,793,151
10,826,941