Allyson Bird reports on yet another lawsuit stemming from a Wall Street Journal article: Google’s Android smartphones might know more about the people who use them than their friends and family. Not only do the cell phones and their applications track customers’ physical locations, but they store and transmit everything from sexual orientation to income,…
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Google remedial measures address privacy deficiencies, Privacy Commissioner say (updated)
Privacy Commissioner satisfied with Google’s response to her Office’s investigation into the company’s inappropriate collection of personal information from unsecured wireless networks across Canada, but plans further follow-up. OTTAWA, June 6, 2011 – An investigation that revealed Google Inc. lacked proper controls to protect personal information has led to a commitment by the company to implement…
Most EU countries ignore law on website cookies
Jennifer Baker reports: Critics were worried that the European Union’s privacy directive on browser cookies could make virtually every website in Europe illegal. But most EU member countries ignored the May 25 deadline to implement the directive, so e-commerce didn’t skip a beat. Only Denmark, Estonia and the U.K. have taken steps to implement the…
NebuAd Deep Packet Inspection Lawsuits Sputter — Deering v. CenturyTel & Green v. Cable One
Venkat Balasubramani writes: The alleged monitoring and use of ISP subscribers’ internet activity for advertisement targeting purposes by NebuAd spawned a slew of class actions. NebuAd shut down, leaving plaintiffs to go after the individual ISPs who partnered with NebuAd. (“Turning Out The Lights: NebuAd.”) Plaintiffs have not had much luck with their claims against…