Facebook’s privacy policy will be changing — partly in response to changes requested by the Canadian government — and Facebook is seeking responses to the proposed changes. Yesterday, Vice president of communications and public policy Elliot Schrage, invited users to comment about the proposed changes. Members have until November 5 to submit comments. Our primary…
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Utica Bar Manager Stopped From Gathering IDs
The state Attorney General’s office has stopped an area bar manager from using an identification verification scanner to retrieve addresses and personal information for the purpose of sending out unsolicited marketing materials. Through an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office, Matthew S. Demar, managing employee of the Hollyrock bar, located on Varick St. in Utica,…
Sun’s new info policy angers channel
Jeff Jedras reports: A request by Sun Microsystems that its partners provide it with confidential information about ownership, employees and contractors has angered a number of members of its partner community and left them wondering what right the vendor has to such information. Not all partners appear to have received the request and some declined…
California Court Rejects Class Action Based on Data Collection for PII Aggregation Purposes
Tanya Forsheit has an analysis and commentary on an appellate decision that may be of interest to consumers who resent merchants from requesting their zip codes: On Friday, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, certified for publication its October 8 opinion in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma, the most recent in a string of decisions…