Not surprisingly, the recent court decision in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma that retailers cannot require and record zip codes during card present transactions has spawned more lawsuits. Here’s one of them: A class action complaint has been filed against retailer GameStop for allegedly requesting and recording personal information from its customers without their knowledge or consent….
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Internet User Tracking Techniques Yield New Privacy Violation Claims
Jonathan Bick and Elan Raffel write: Behavioral-based marketing targeting is a technique used by traditional and internet publishers and advertisers to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns. In the past, marketing firms conducted surveys of readers’ preferences and affiliations. Today, internet marketing firms collect data associated with individuals’ internet behavior. Said collection efforts have been…
Private actions challenging online data collection practices are increasing: Assessing the legal landscape
The article by Eric C. Bosset, Simon J. Frankel, Mali B. Friedman, Stephen P. Satterfield, “Private actions challenging online data collection practices are increasing: Assessing the legal landscape,” in the February 2011 volume of Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal is available online. Here’s a snippet from the introduction: … The outcome of these suits may well…
Consumer lawsuits challenge online data brokers
Two lawsuits in federal court in California that challenge the way a popular online data-mining company does business could give consumers more privacy protection from firms that sell personal information on the Web. In the most recent complaint, filed last week in the Central District of California, plaintiff Thomas Robins alleged that Spokeo Inc. violated…