Ant Financial said in the terms of service that it reserved the right to share the data it collected with third parties — including government agencies assembling a state -
sanctioned social credit system — and could not be held responsible for what happened after it shared the information.
Religions incorporated and codified these basic
social values and skills, and quickly learned to take
credit for them — as if, without the religion, we would be doomed to not have them — although we see them in every human society, including hunter - gather tribes with no sense of gods as we understand them After many centuries of religious domination, enforced through pain of death, ostracization or other
social sanctions, allowing religion to take
credit, as well as failing to question other religious claims — has become a cultural habit.
Founded in 2009, SafeGuard is a provider of employment background checks that includes drug testing, criminal record checks, education and employment verification, reference checks, driving records,
credit reports,
social security trace and address history, civil court records, global background checks,
sanctions and risk reports.