Update: After days of tweeting to them, emailing them, and actually cursing them in email, I have finally gotten an acknowledgment and assurance that I have been unsubscribed from all their newsletters. I will leave this post up for a bit. If the emails have truly stopped, I will remove the post in due course….
Category: Breaches
NZ: Media Council finds RNZ story breached privacy
Radio New Zealand reports on its own breach of privacy: The Media Council has found RNZ breached its principles of privacy and confidentiality when a carelessly chosen pseudonym was used in a story. The ruling followed a complaint about a story, published in March. It reported a woman’s concern that her child, and other babies…
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement
Mark Townsend reports: Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the scandal that mired the tech giant in repeated controversy. A court filing reveals that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has in principle settled for an…
Children’s App Settles with CARU Over COPPA and Guideline Violation Allegations
Liisa Thomas of Sheppard Mullin writes: Firefly Games agreed to take corrective action in response to the Children’s Advertising Review Unit’s allegations that the company had violated COPPA by inaccurately (and confusingly) explaining its privacy practices. The app in question, LOL Surprise! Room Makeover, featured dolls and characters intended for children and animated characters. It also included content directed…