From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Some leading websites in Canada are inappropriately “leaking” registered users’ personal information – including names, email addresses and postal codes – to third-party sites such as advertising companies, research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found. “The research findings raise concerns for…
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FTC’s Role in “Do Not Track” Discussions Under Debate
Josephine Liu writes: As we previously noted, in March of this year the Federal Trade Commission called for the implementation of a Do Not Track (DNT) system that allows consumers to opt out of the collection of all online behavioral data other than data needed for certain limited purposes, such as preventing fraud. Much of the debate over…
FTC puts a well-needed halt to furtive data collection by DesignerWare snoop software
In May 2011, I started blogging my concerns about software called PC Rental Agent by DesignerWare, LLC. The software allowed remote surveillance and data collection on unsuspecting customers who had rented computers from some rent-to-own firms. The lawsuit against Aaron’s that made me aware of the issue did not garner as much media attention as…
FTC should examine Facebook-Datalogix partnership, privacy group says
Jeremy Kirk reports: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should analyze Facebook’s relationship with a data marketer to ensure it doesn’t violate the social networking site’s recently approved settlement, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Monday. Facebook is working with Datalogix, a company based in Colorado that specializes in collecting data from retailers using customer loyalty…