Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida will receive $2.9 million from a settlement with an internet-based advertising company. The agreement resolves allegations that ModernAd Media, LLC, a Deerfield Beach internet advertising company, violated the Federal CAN-SPAM Act, which prohibits deceptive and misleading header information in commercial emails. An investigation initiated by the Attorney…
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New Facebook Privacy Complaint Filed with Trade Commission
From EPIC: Today, EPIC and 14 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, charging that Facebook has engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of consumer protection law. The complaint states that changes to user profile information and the disclosure of user data to third parties without…
Boucher’s draft internet privacy bill disappoints
As anticipated, the reactions to the draft proposal unveiled by Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns are all over the place. Chloe Albanesius of PC Magazine has a selection of responses from privacy groups involved in a phone conference call with reporters earlier today. Some of the quotes: “This bill really adopts and endorses an archaic…
It’s baaack: Clear registered traveler program to re-open
The Associated Press reports that Clear, the registered traveler program operated by Verified Identity Program which that folded last year, has been taken over by Alclear LLC, whose board includes Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Robert McMillan of IDG provides additional details on Network World: The new Web site…