Great Dilbert strip today: Ironically, one commenter on the strip notes: If you look at Ghostery you will notice that Dilbert.com has at least 6 pieces of software installed to collect users browser behaviour.
Category: Business
Netflix Faces Privacy Class Action
Missed this one last month. Mike Holter writes: Netflix has been hit with another class action lawsuit, this time involving subscribers’ privacy. According to the most recent class action lawsuit, Netflix keeps its customers’ personal information and viewing history years after they cancel their membership, in violation of state and federal laws. The Netflix class…
Text of H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act online
As noted earlier this week, Rep. Bobby Rush introduced H.R.611, a bill he had introduced in the previous Congress: the “Building Effective Strategies to Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards Act” (also known as “BEST PRACTICES Act“). Last year, the bill (H.R.5777 in its previous incarnation) had no co-sponsors and never…
A less than enthusiastic response to the Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma decision (updated)
In the interest of presenting different perspectives on privacy issues, I note that Kashmir Hill does not seem to share the reaction of privacy advocates who have cheered a decision by the California Supreme Court. The headline of her column, “A Ridiculous California Court Ruling: Zip Codes are Private” was my first hint that she…