Linda Sandler reports: LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD:US), which runs a 259 million-member network for professionals, asked a federal judge in California to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of hacking into users’ address books to lure people to the site. The suit is “meritless” because members consented to terms allowing LinkedIn to send invitations to their contacts,…
Category: Breaches
Bulgaria opposition alarms EU institutions over its claim on personal data abuse
Focus reports: Oppositional Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) party has sent a signal to the European institutions and the biggest European parties to inform them about its claim filed to the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission, the press office of the party announced. The claim comes in connection with the information about illegal…
Android Flashlight App Developer Settles FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers
The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the free app, which allows a device to be used as a flashlight, deceived consumers about how their geolocation information would be shared with advertising networks and other third parties. Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, managed…
HK: California Fitness rapped by privacy watchdog over data use
Ng Kang-chung reports: Fitness centre chain California Fitness has been rapped over the knuckles by the privacy watchdog for putting at risk the personal details of 220,000 customers who have signed up for its exercise courses. An investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, prompted by two complaints in 2011, found…