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…
Category: Breaches
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…
NY: Great Neck man admits to cyberstalking
William Murphy reports that a Long Island man, 21 year-old Adam Savader, faces up to 30 months in prison when he’s sentenced on March 13 for cyberstalking. Savader pled guilty last week in federal court in Michigan to trying to coerce women into sending him sexually explicit images of themselves. Newsday has the story, but…
States Enter $17 Million Multistate Settlement With Google Over Tracking Of Consumers
From NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced his office has entered into multistate a settlement agreement with Google Inc. concerning its unauthorized placement of cookies on computers using Apple Safari Web browsers during 2011 and 2012. Of the $17 million in settlement money, New York will receive $899,580. “Consumers should…