Telling users that if their private pictures have been breached, it’s their own fault for using a third-party service does not strike this privacy blogger as a great PR move – even if a”tough user love” approach deflects some threats of lawsuits or blame. Yet that’s what Snapchat has seemingly done in the wake of another breach….
Category: Breaches
comScore Personal Data Collection Class Action Settlement
From ClassActionNews: Filing Deadline: Tue, 2014-12-30 Case Status: Open Eligibility: You are eligible if at any time since 2005 you had comScore’s data collection software downloaded and installed on your computer. There are various ways to determine whether comScore’s software is or was installed on your computer. If the software is currently installed, you can look…
Ca: Cellphone privacy takes back seat in school division lawsuit
Chelsea Laskowski reports: Guardianship is the principal point of a lawsuit that brought up the issue of cellphone privacy, according to closing arguments made by the plaintiff’s lawyer. On Thursday, both sides closed their case in a lawsuit trial revolving around a March 2010 incident where a sixth grader’s cellphone was confiscated and his texts…
Grindr, dick pics and contemporary art’s new invasions of privacy
Sian Cain reports: It is that timeless philosophical question: if everyone sees your dick pic hanging in a gallery except you, is it art? With the rise of social networking and photo-sharing, artists are scanning everything for material – including Grindr, an app for gay and bisexual men to find potential sexual partners according to…