Erica Perez reports that student privacy falls before the almighty buck to be made: California colleges, alumni associations and university foundations made $6.6 million in royalties last year from agreements with college credit card issuers, with more than 3,000 new accounts opened, according to a July report from the Federal Reserve Board. Under the agreements,…
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Kraft To Use Facial Recognition Technology To Give You Macaroni Recipes
Kashmir Hill writes: Thanks to facial recognition technology, advertising in the real world could become a lot more like that done online. Rather than advertising being selected for you according to cookies on your computer that reveal your age, gender, likely income, likes, and dislikes, billboards enhanced with facial recognition technology will choose ads based…
Microsoft tracks customers without consent: lawsuit
Dan Levine reports: Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal court on Wednesday in the US, says Microsoft intentionally designed camera software on the Windows Phone 7 operating system…
Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company for Spying on Sex Chats
Kim Zetter reports: An Ohio woman and her boyfriend can sue a laptop-tracking company that recorded their sexually explicit communications in an effort to identify thieves who stole the computer the woman was using. U.S. District Judge Walter Rice ruled last week against Absolute Software, which provides software and services for tracking stolen computers. Absolute…