Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized the order settling charges that online advertising company Chitika, Inc. tracked consumers’ online activities even after they chose to opt out of online tracking on the company’s website. The FTC alleged that, unbeknownst to consumers, the “opt out” lasted for only 10 days. The final…
Category: Breaches
NZ Post slammed over sharing personal data
Clio Francis and Shane Cowlishaw report: A New Zealand Post survey that collected personal data to rent out to marketing companies has been damned as a “systematic, large-scale breach” of privacy principles. The criticisms are made in two reports carried out for Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff after concerned members of the public contacted her about…
The media loved the Lower Merion “webcamgate” case but ignores PC Rental Agent case?
I continue to be surprised at how little coverage I’m seeing in mainstream media about a case involving software that can and allegedly has take(n) remote screenshots of customers in their homes without their knowledge. I’ve posted a few blog entries on the potential class action lawsuit against Aaron’s Inc, Aspen Way Enterprises (a franchisee),…
Veterans association pays $440 fine for ‘list’ creator
Benjamin Wood reports: Local members of a veterans association paid the $440 fine of Leah Carson, one of two women convicted of creating and distributing a list of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants that included Social Security numbers and other personal information. Ted Van Meeteren, the state chair of the American Combat Veterans of War, said…