Jeff Eckhoff and James Heggen report: The failure of a Des Moines restaurant chain to fully comply with a federal anti-identity theft law will soon lead to free soft drinks for some of its former patrons, assuming a federal judge approves. Lawyers in a complicated class-action lawsuit have submitted a proposed settlement that will, if…
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California Court Rules that Gathering ZIP Codes for Fraud Prevention does not Violate the Credit Card Act
Nihar Shah writes: On March 14, 2012 a California district court ruled in Flores v. Chevron that a gas station gathering ZIP Codes for fraud prevention did not violate Civil Code § 1747.08, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (“Credit Card Act”). The Credit Card Act prohibits businesses from recording a customer’s personal information in conjunction with a…
Tech Highlights of the FTC Privacy Report
Ed Felton writes: Today the FTC is releasing a major report on privacy. Privacy geeks will read the whole thing–and should, because it represents a lot of careful thinking by folks in the agency. But if you’re a techie who doesn’t have time to read it all, let me point you to a few of the parts…
Mozilla To Encrypt Google Search Traffic
Wendy Davis reports: … Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian reports today that Mozilla’s Firefox will soon begin encrypting all Google searches by default. “This is a big deal for the 25% or so of Internet users who use Firefox to browse the Web, bringing major improvements in privacy and security,” Soghoian writes. He adds that query…