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.
Category: Breaches
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…
FTC Issues Report on the Experiences of Victims Recovering from Identity Theft
The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report summarizing the results of a survey of identity theft victims who were asked to describe their experiences dealing with consumer reporting agencies and, more generally, exercising their rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), to…
‘Do Not Track’ — Online Privacy Litigation Now and in the Future
Gerry Silver writes: Over the last several years, attorneys for Internet users have been vigorously attempting to fashion a viable claim against Internet service providers, companies operating websites, “app” developers and Internet advertisers (collectively, “Internet companies”) for collecting, transmitting or even selling personal, private data about the users. Such private information may include websites visited,…