Julia Angwin reports: Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations. Google stopped the practice last month after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal. Read more on Wall Street…
Category: Breaches
AU: Foodbowl project accused of serious privacy breach
Alison Savage reports: A report by Victoria’s privacy commissioner has found the foodbowl modernisation project “seriously breached” privacy regulations by failing to inform landholders that it had collected their personal information. The report found some of the information was “not related to Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project’s (VIRP) functions”. The report says some of that…
Two Years After Its Data Breach, Upromise Email Notice Leaves Customer Confused
I’ve Been Mugged has an update on the Upromise toolbar breach mentioned previously on this blog. If you ever used UPromise, I’d encourage you to read his update as George provides a lot of background and pointed commentary on how Upromise is dealing with the breach and its settlement with the FTC.
Ikea ‘spied’ on angry customers: report
More on accusations that IKEA may have spied on some dissatisfied customers: Shortly after allegations that it had been snooping on its staff, Swedish furniture giant Ikea in France is in hot water again, this time accused of spying on dissatisfied customers, prompting a police search at the company’s French headquarters. Read more on The…