The FTC has been busy going after companies that violate our privacy. Their latest target: Equifax: One of the largest U.S. consumer reporting agencies, Equifax Information Services LLC, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it improperly sold lists of consumers who were late on their mortgage payments. In two separate actions, both Equifax and…
Category: Breaches
SC Supreme Court: Cheating husband’s privacy was not violated when daughter-in-law accessed his emails
Jeffrey Collins of Associated Press reports: The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover. The justices unanimously ruled Wednesday that since the emails were still in the husband’s inbox, the daughter-in-law did…
Despite thefts, no new Medicare IDs
Kelly Kennedy reports: More than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are victims of identity theft and hampered in getting health care benefits because the government won’t issue new IDs, according to an investigation report released today. Medicare officials say it’s too expensive and too many agencies are involved to reissue those numbers to patients victimized by…
Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved or Underserved?
Mathew J. Schwartz reports on the recent consent order between the FTC, DesignerWare, LLC and some of the companies that allegedly used PC Rental Agent software to spy on unknowing consumers. You can read his coverage on InformationWeek. Actually, I’m surprised that there haven’t been more potential class action lawsuits filed over this spyware. Given…