Kristen J. Mathews writes: Since when does a legal entity have “privacy” rights? Since the Third Circuit said so, in its September 22, 2009 decision in AT&T v. Federal Communications Commission (No. 084024). Most privacy practitioners would not consider a legal entity to have privacy rights. Rather, a legal entity may have trade secrets or…
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EPIC: Echometrix gathers youth data for marketing
EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Echometrix, the developers of parental control software that monitors children’s online activity. Echometrix analyzes the information collected from children and sells the data to third parties for market-intelligence research. The EPIC complaint alleges that Echometrix engages in unfair and deceptive trade practices by representing that…
“Survey Says:” Two-Thirds of Americans Object to Online Tracking (updated)
Stephanie Clifford reports: About two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking by advertisers — and that number rises once they learn the different ways marketers are following their online movements, according to a new survey from professors at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley. Read the full story in the…
‘Clear’ Security Service May Return at Airports
Brad Stone reports: Verified Identity Pass, a company founded by the entrepreneur Steven Brill, offered travelers a tempting proposition: pay up to $199 a year, submit to a fingerprint and iris scan, and skip to the front of interminable airport security lines. But last June, the company left its roughly 200,000 paying customers stranded, saying…