With so much going on this year in terms of privacy and data breaches, there have been many who have somewhat optimistically believed that this would be the year when we get privacy legislation and a federal data security/breach notification law. Every year since I started this blog (2006), I’ve seen and posted such news…
Category: Business
Google turns over user data in 94% of US demands
Dan Goodin reports: The US government filed more than twice as many demands for data about Google users than another other country in the past six months, according to figures the search behemoth supplied Monday.What’s more, according to the Google Transparency Report, Google fully or partially complied with the US demands in 94 percent of the…
Personal Information is Not Property Under California Unfair Competition Law
Craig Hoffman writes: On May 12, 2011, a California federal court dismissed substantive claims in a class action privacy lawsuit against Facebook. The plaintiffs alleged eight causes of action under federal and state law, claiming that Facebook shared users’ personal information with advertisers without the users’ consent. Although the judge found that the plaintiffs had standing…
A third of consumers withhold personal information online, DMA study claims
Oliver Luft reports: More than one in three consumers withhold entirely information that could be used to identify them while engaging with brands online, a new study has found. […] The number of consumers willing to provide name, address and email details has seen a substantial drop over the past six months, according to the…