Eriq Gardner reports: Netflix is contending with a new class action lawsuit that alleges the streaming service violates customer privacy by retaining viewing and payment records even after a customer cancels his or her service. Peter Comstock, a Virginia resident, filed the proposed class action last week in U.S. District Court in California on behalf…
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Senate Committee Holds Hearing on the State of Online Consumer Privacy
Nicole Friess has a recap of yesterday’s hearing on consumer online privacy: On March 16, 2011, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing on the state of online consumer privacy. The hearing was the first in a series of hearings the Committee will hold on consumer privacy in…
In Congress this morning: “The State of Online Consumer Privacy”
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing, 10 am, EST: “The State of Online Consumer Privacy“ Witness Panel 1 The Honorable Jon D. Leibowitz Chairman Federal Trade Commission The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Witness Panel 2 Mr….
Browser Beware: Washington Weighs Online Consumer Privacy
Steven Gray reports: For nearly a year starting in April 2007, Sears ran “My SHC Community,” an online feature that invited consumers to download software onto their computers that, according to the Federal Trade Commission, asked them to “journal your shopping and purchasing behavior.” The tracking software ran constantly, even when users left Sears’ website,…