Residing in hall space a fair distance away from the likes of the Toyota and Sony, the automotive division of Alps Electric was demonstrating a forward-looking vehicle interface at CEATEC 2012.
The global equity derivatives division had already lost heavily last July (as, to be fair, had other investment banks), when the British government unexpectedly changed tax rules so that investment banks could no longer claim tax relief on dividends if shares are held for trading rather than investment.
But using it in the life-insurance application process would "raise questions" about whether the data would be subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, says Rebecca Kuehn of the Federal Trade Commission's division of privacy and identity protection.