Frostwire LLC, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application developer, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its software likely would cause consumers to unwittingly expose sensitive personal files stored on their mobile devices, and that it misled consumers about which downloaded files from their desktop and laptop computers would be shared with a file-sharing network….
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ZIP-lined Out of Court: Williams-Sonoma Obtains Dismissal of New Jersey ZIP Code Collection Suit
Brendon Tavelli writes: On September 26, Judge William Walls of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that a putative class action lawsuit against home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma failed to state a claim under New Jersey law. In Feder v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc., the plaintiff sought damages for purported violations of…
Kansas Man Sues Facebook Over Privacy Breach
The other day, I expressed some irritation with the rush to litigation that seems to surround revelations of flaws or problems with applications and platforms. But there’s a case against Facebook that may be a cut above the rest in its intention. Filed by a lawyer in Kansas, the AP describes the lawsuit: Graham…
Facebook: ‘We didn’t patent stalking logged-off users’
Kelly Fiveash reports: Facebook has rebuffed claims that a patent it was recently granted describes the ability to track logged-out users. A company spokeswoman told The Register that the “Communicating Information in a Social Network System about Activities from Another Domain” patent, which was granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) on 22…