Elaine Edwards reports: The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating a complaint that an employee of online networking company LinkedIn allegedly accessed personal details of one of its customers to further an issue he had with the firm where she worked. The complaint was made by a senior employee of a telecommunications company, who received a private message…
Category: Business
Google allowing Android app vendors to illegally collect user data, amended lawsuit alleges
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Several users of devices running Google’s Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data without proper notice or consent. The lawsuit, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the…
Private company hoards license plate data, plans to create database with “billions” of records
sosadmin writes: Did you know that a private company which hoards detailed information about your driving habits also has plans to create the largest private sector law enforcement database in the world, by combining plate reads with commercial databases, face recognition technology and more? Vigilant Video is a private corporation. It maintains a database called…
FTC Settlement Requires CallFire to Halt Illegal Robocalls
A California company that provides voice-over-Internet “voice broadcasting” services has agreed to stop transmitting illegal robocalls to consumers to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The company also will pay a $75,000 civil penalty as part of the settlement. A voice broadcaster is a company that uses computers to…