Jenna Green reports what’s on the FTC’s wish list for legislation: … Ramirez said she favors making the FTC the sole federal agency in charge of enforcing a uniform set of national data breach notification requirements. Such requirements would compel businesses to notify consumers of a data breach promptly, and also to notify credit bureaus….
Category: Breaches
NJ settles with app developer Dokogeo, accused of collecting information on children
Andrew Wyrich reports: New Jersey reached a settlement with a California app-developer who allegedly collected personal information of its customers – including children – and violated the Children’s Online Privacy Act. The company, Dokogeo, has agreed to pay $25,000 to the state. However, the payment will be suspended, and vacated after 10 years if it…
NJ settles with Dataium over online history “sniffing”
Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, the Division of Law and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Dataium, a Tennessee-based data analytics company serving the automotive industry, has entered into a settlement agreement that resolves allegations it engaged in unlawful “history sniffing” by using software code to track Web sites visited by consumers…
UK: Private investigators convicted of unlawfully obtaining personal information
Two men who ran a company that tricked organizations into revealing personal details about customers have today been found guilty of conspiring to breach the Data Protection Act. Barry Spencer, 41, and Adrian Stanton, 40, ran ICU Investigations Ltd in Feltham, Middlesex. The pair were convicted at Isleworth Crown Court of conspiring to unlawfully obtain…