Weird consumer privacy story of the day, via Laura Northrup on The Consumerist: Jonathan received a letter from Chase thanking him for being a customers, and asking him to send it back in order to opt out of receiving promotional mailings. Which is interesting, because Jonathan not only isn’t a Chase customer, he doesn’t live…
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Operator of Social Networking Website for Kids Settles FTC Charges Site Collected Kids’ Personal Information Without Parental Consent
The operator of www.skidekids.com, a website that advertises itself as the “Facebook and Myspace for Kids,” has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he collected personally information from approximately 5,600 children without obtaining prior parental consent, in violation of the Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Rule. The FTC’s complaint also charges…
Online Advertiser Settles FTC Charges ScanScout Deceptively Used Flash Cookies to Track Consumers Online
Online advertiser ScanScout has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceptively claimed that consumers could opt out of receiving targeted ads by changing their computer’s web browser settings to block cookies. In fact, ScanScout used Flash cookies, which browser settings could not block. The proposed settlement bars misrepresentations about the company’s data-collection…
Apple expels serial hacker for publishing iPhone exploit
Dan Goodin reports: Charlie Miller, the serial hacker who has exposed more than a dozen critical vulnerabilities in Apple’s Mac and mobile platforms, was kicked out of the company’s iOS developer program after publishing an application that demonstrated a serious new bug in iPhones and iPads. Miller’s InstaStock app, which was accepted into the iTunes…