Natasha Singer describes what happens when she tried to learn what information data broker Acxiom holds about her: But after I filled out an online request form and sent a personal check for $5 to cover the processing fee, the company simply sent me a list of some of my previous residential addresses. In other…
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Europcar car rental fined €54,000 for illegally collecting personal data
Europcar car rental was fined €54,000 for illegally collecting personal data. The Hamburg, Germany Commissioner for data protection and freedom of information fined Europcar €54,000, after receiving a complaint about this issue. Investigations revealed that the company was tracking the location of a fleet of 1,300 cars without the customers’ consent, which is considered illegal…
LinkedIn can’t be sued under Stored Communications Act – court
FourthAmendment.com points us to a ruling that because LinkedIn is neither a remote computing service (RCS) nor does it provide electronic communication services (ECS), it can’t be sued under the SCA for disclosing search histories to third parties. Low v. LinkedIn Corp., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97012 (N.D. Cal. July 12, 2012). Mali Friedman discusses…
Father-son investigative team sentenced in fraud case after working for Hewlett-Packard
Two former private investigators were each sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for their roles in an infamous Silicon Valley spying scandal in which prosecutors said they used false identities to access the Social Security numbers and other information on Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists. Read more from Associated Press on The Washington…