Ah, thumbs up to EPIC – they jumped into a SCOTUS case that Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga had tried to use as an opportunity to free themselves from litigation where consumers could not demonstrate actual harm. The firmsĀ filed an amicus brief that argued that there should be no standing or statutory damages absent a showing…
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Aspiring actress sues IMDB and Amazon for revealing her true age and for misusing her credit card details to obtain it
Venkat Balasubramani kindly pointed me to this Jane Doe lawsuit against Amazon and its subsidiary, IMDB.com. If I understand the thrust of the complaint, Doe, an aspiring actress, had registered with IMDB.com using her stage name. When she upgraded to IMDBpro, however, she was required to provide a credit card number, and with it, the…
Draft Mobile Application Privacy Policy released by the Mobile Marketing Association
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has released a draft Mobile Application Privacy Policy for public comment. You can read the accompanying press release here. Well, maybe not. That link to the draft policy isn’t working. Maybe it will work tomorrow. š Update: The link to the draft is working now.
Congressman raises privacy concerns over Amazon Silk
Rachel King reports: Amazon’s anticipatedĀ tablet, the Kindle Fire, is still a few weeks away from release, and it’s raising legal issues and questions in every direction. Today the Fire’s flames are being fanned by the Silk browser, which on the front end is touted as a much faster browser using cheaper hardware because all Web…