Gavin Clarke reports: Google has become the only browser marker to explicitly join lobbyists opposing a proposed law giving consumers the legal right to keep companies from tracking them online. The giant has put its name to an alarmist letter signed by 30 other organizations, trade groups and individual companies, objecting to the passage of…
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California lawmakers ask: What’s in a zip code?
A new bill making its way through the California legislature aims to curb a wave of class-action lawsuits filed against retailers over the collection of customer zip codes. More than 150 class-action suits have been filed in California since February when the state Supreme Court ruled that Williams-Sonoma had violated state law by requesting customer…
Rent-to-own company says Erie-based privacy suit is groundless
Ed Palattella reports that Aaron’s has responded to a lawsuit that has garnered a lot of media attention: Rent-to-own retailer Aaron’s Inc. is describing as meritless a lawsuit a Wyoming couple filed over claims of invasion of privacy. The Atlanta-based company said it would “vigorously defend itself against” the suit, in which the couple claims…
Apple updates iPhone to address privacy worries
Apple is updating the iPhone to reduce the amount of time the device stores information about its users’ whereabouts. The software released Wednesday follows through on Apple’s recent promise to revise a feature that logged iPhone users’ movements for up to a year. Apple says the location data won’t be kept for more than a…