Kashmir Hill follows up on the recent Commerce Department report by posing an interesting question, whether: … if this framework is established, people should have the right to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies that violate the law, or if enforcement should be limited to action by the FTC. Here’s the relevant graf from page 29…
Category: Business
What They Know: Your Apps Are Watching You
Scott Thurm and Yukari Iwatani Kane report: Few devices know more personal details about people than the smartphones in their pockets: phone numbers, current location, often the owner’s real name—even a unique ID number that can never be changed or turned off. These phones don’t keep secrets. They are sharing this personal data widely and…
Google refuses demand for Street View data
Mike Swift reports: Google has told Connecticut’s attorney general it will not comply with his demand to view data from unsecured home and business Wi-Fi networks that the company collected through its Street View cars, a decision that has the state threatening legal action against Google. “I am disappointed by Google’s failure to comply with…
Bank of America Wins Order, Ex-Workers Can’t Take Data
Thanks to eSecurity Planet, I realize that I seem to have missed a news report last week that concerns the privacy of our financial information. Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg reported: Bank of America Corp. won a court order temporarily blocking four former employees from using and sharing the bank’s client records at their new employer,…