Dan Goodin reports: A free smartphone app provided by internet radio service Pandora supplies advertisers with enough user information for them to compile detailed snapshots of those who use it, researchers who analyzed the software have said. Tuesday’s report, titled Mobile Apps Invading Your Privacy and issued by software analysis firm Veracode, found that Pandora’s…
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Why unsubscribing might not have protected you from the Epsilon breach
Back in December 2010, when Walgreens sent out its first breach notifications, one of the troubling aspects was that despite the fact that consumers had unsubscribed from their mailings, their data had been retained. The December 2010 notification email read, in part: We realize you previously unsubscribed from promotional emails from Walgreens, and that will continue. As a…
CA: State senator’s Do Not Track bill on Internet data
James Temple reports: A California state senator on Monday unveiled a bill that would force Internet companies doing business in the state to allow local consumers to opt out of online monitoring, adding to the building momentum behind a “Do Not Track” mandate. During a morning news conference in Sacramento, Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach,…
Pandora, other app makers subpoenaed over user data collection
Jacqui Cheng reports: A federal grand jury has opened an investigation into mobile apps and what kind of personal data they might transmit about users, Pandora has revealed. The streaming music company recently amended its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to note that it had been subpoenaed to produce documents about…