Just received this press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton, (R-Texas) todayinvited nine major data brokers, along with the Direct Marketing Association, to participate in a December 13 Caucus briefing. The purpose of the briefing is to inform Members and the public…
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Magazines illegally sold Michigan subscribers’ personal information, lawsuits claim
Gary Ridley reports: Did your subscription to People, Sports Illustrated, Time or other magazines give their publishers the right to sell your personal information? A series of federal lawsuits claim that’s what happening and want it to stop. Three class-action lawsuits on the dockets of federal courts in Flint and Detroit accuse a number of…
Twitter in legal spat with Aussie entrepreneur over data clampdown
Gerry Shih reports: Jodee Rich, the Australian entrepreneur who founded the now defunct telco One.Tel, has won a court order granting him continued access to Twitter’s entire data stream for his analytics firm PeopleBrowsr. The ruling comes as Twitter tightens its grip over the 140-character messages on its network, sparking debate in Silicon Valley over whether…
Who’s Tracking Your Reading Habits? An E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy, 2012 Edition
Cindy Cohn and Parker Higgins write: See the chart here. The holiday shopping season is upon us, and once again e-book readers promise to be a very popular gift. Last year’s holiday season saw ownership of a dedicated e-reader device spike tonearly 1 in 5 Americans, and that number is poised to go even higher….