The FTC may have settled charges against Aaron’s over the use of DesignerWare LLC software, but the consumers haven’t. Crystal and Brian Byrd are still pursuing a lawsuit against Aaron’s and now there’s another lawsuit filed on behalf of another consumer by the same attorneys. As Associated Press reports: Spyware installed on computers leased from…
Category: Breaches
Appeals judges will allow $9.5M Facebook privacy settlement
Joe Mullin writes: Internet privacy lawsuits, especially of the class-action variety, have been sprouting up everywhere in the past few years. Some of them have been settled for considerable sums, especially when companies are sued over publicly acknowledged privacy screw-ups that they’ve already taken heat for. One of the most notable was the $9.5 million Facebook settlement over its Beacon…
Consumer Watchdog Calls On Federal Trade Commission To Act Against Google’s App Store Privacy Violations; Says Penalties Should Be In Billions of Dollars
Consumer Watchdog is calling on the FTC to take action against Google for allegedly sharing users’ information with apps developer. And they want hefty fines. The group also asked California Attorney General Kamala Harris to investigate whether Google’s actions also violate California law. In a seven-page formal letter of complaint to Charles A. Harwood, the…
Connecticut mulls death certificate limits after Newtown
Susan Haigh of Associated Press reports: A town clerk told Connecticut legislators Friday that she’s been inundated with requests for copies of death certificates of Newtown school shooting victims and believes much of that information should not be released to the public. Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia said she’s concerned certain details on the documents, such…