Allie Bohm writes: For the past year, the ACLU has been gathering information on local law enforcement agencies’ use of cell phone location tracking. (We’ve written about what we’ve learned here, here, here, here, and here.) In addition to everything we’ve discovered about location tracking itself, we’ve also learned about a number of other techniques law enforcement and the telcos can…
Category: Business
Bieber, Rihanna fan sites agree to $1 million FTC settlement for collecting information about children
Cecilia Kang reports: The operator of fan sites for musicians Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Demi Lovato have agreed to pay a $1 million fine for illegally collecting information about underage users, a violation of child online privacy laws. The Federal Trade Commission said the proposed settlement with New York-based Artist Arena still must be approved by a judge. An…
Australian Computer Rental Business Admit to Installing Spyware on Laptops
Esther Tanquintic-Misa reports that Australian businesses have also used DesignerWare’s PC Rental Agent spyware, software that was recently the basis for an FTC action here in the U.S. But have AU businesses activated the Detective Mode that would capture screen shots and other data? One of the Aussie firms that uses the software acknowledged that…
Lawsuit against Pandora dismissed
In September 2011, this blog noted a potential class action lawsuit had been filed against Pandora for allegedly sharing user profiles, including music preferences, to others and Facebook, in violation of Michigan law. Now Courthouse News reports that the court has dismissed the complaint. I’ve uploaded a copy of the court’s order here. Pandora successfully argued that…