Christian W. writes: A vehicle rental company in Australia has made a controversial decision to install a GPS vehicle tracking system in roughly 30% of the vehicles in its car rental fleet. Using the GPS vehicle tracking system signal, the car rental company will be able to know in real time the exact location of…
Category: Business
Could Your Firm’s E-Mail Policy Run Afoul of the Federal Wiretap Act?
Philip L. Gordon writes: Once seen only in the shadows of the war against organized crime, the Federal Wiretap Act should now be moving steadily and rapidly toward the top of the corporate compliance checklist. Robust civil remedies, recent court decisions and technological developments have transformed the act’s risk profile from a non-event to a…
Sniffing
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.
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…