A small item on Courthouse News mentions that Bright House Networks has been sued in a potential class action lawsuit. The complaint, filed in federal court in California, alleges that Bright House Networks, provider of cable TV, Internet and phone services, collects personal information of consumers and retains it indefinitely. The plaintiff, Robert Hodsdon, alleges…
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Apple iOS 6 and Privacy
G.S. Hans and Joseph Lorenzo Hall of CDT write: When iOS 6 was released last week, the “big news” was Apple’s decision to drop Google Maps. In the uproar that followed, iOS 6’s privacy features received little fanfare, despite receiving amajor overhaul. Many changes CDT has advocated for—including giving users more control over tracking and increasing the visibility of and…
ITIF rejects Do Not Track headers
Wow. I just caught up with an article by Grant Gross that says that Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is not honoring Do Not Track headers. Because his article appeared a few days ago, I went to ITIF’s site to see if they were still rejecting DNT headers. They were, as this is what…
Ca: Privacy Commissioner should name leaky websites
Michael Geist writes that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada should be more transparent and name the web sites that were leaking consumer information. Commissioner Stoddart had declined to do so: The Privacy Commissioner has not exercised her discretion to publicly name the specific tested organizations at this time. The research was designed to offer a…