The Pollyanna reason is for online banking, but most people I know refer to it as porn mode, Quist of Offensive Computing told TechNewsDaily. To uncover what people actually used the private browsing function for, Stanford University's Aggarwal and his team embedded a search program in online advertising.
In 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature changed the interest rate on all civil money judgments, including small claims judgments, from 12 percent annually to an annual rate of 1 percent plus the prime rate in effect on Jan. 1 and June 30 in a given year.
Regardless, California's interest rate limit for sales contracts is 12 percent, and 7 percent for interest rates on judgments. What Is Usury? Usury is the act of lending money at an interest rate that is considered unreasonably high or that is higher than the rate permitted by California law. Usury first became common in England under King Henry VIII, and originally pertained to charging any amount of interest on loaned funds.