Over on Emergent Chaos, Adam Shostack ponders over a privacy policy: It turns out that it’s very hard to subscribe to many podcasts without talking to Podtrac.com servers. (Technical details in the full post, below.) So I took a look at their privacy statement: Podtrac provides free services to podcasters whereby Podtrac gathers data specific…
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Erin Andrews and Insult
Kyle Graham writes: Some of you may have seen that ESPN reporter Erin Andrews recently re-filed her civil lawsuit against a Nashville, Tennessee hotel for negligence and invasion of privacy. This lawsuit follows upon the surreptitious videotaping of Andrews by one Michael Barrett, named as a co-defendant in the case. Barrett has since been convicted of stalking,…
Federal Judge: No Strict Liability for Data Resellers
Mark Hamblett writes: Resellers of personal information gleaned from a driver’s records cannot be held strictly liable for misuse of that information by purchasers under the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994, a federal judge has ruled. Addressing an issue of first impression in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Richard M. Berman…
Facebook flaw allows access to private photos
Zack Whittacker reports: ‘Report abuse’ features in Facebook give users access to personal, private and hidden photos that would normally be hidden from view. The flaw, spotted by members of a body building forum, no less, allows Facebook users to access photos revealed by the report abuse tool. Only a handful of images are presented to the…