Keith Loria reports: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached a settlement agreement on Wednesday with a California couple who had violated the state’s No-Call List policy. Under terms of the settlement, Madhulika and Ratan Baid’s California companies, Smart Funding Corp. and Ariant Solutions, Inc., will pay $35,000 to the State for using third-party telemarketers to…
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Most trusted company for privacy?
First there was a press release declaring eBay, Verizon, and the U.S. Postal Service to be the winners of the 2009 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Award. The survey was commissioned by Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe. Then there was a commentary by Karl Bode on DSLreports, who points out Verizon’s history of privacy concerns, and…
Consumers Accept Device Fingerprinting, Study Finds
Thomas Claburn reports: Computer users are willing to accept device profiling if it leads to improved security and less sharing of personal information, according to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, an independent privacy research organization.The study, Online Consumers’ Reaction to Device Fingerprinting, was sponsored by ThreatMetrix, a security company that sells device profiling…
Secret Service Receives Junk Fax; Phones Florida to Learn More About This Exciting Investment Opportunity
Thomas Francis reports: A Boca Raton man has entered a guilty plea in a Kansas court to charges that he was part of a conspiracy to defraud investors across North America. The case against John Persaud started the moment that one of his firm’s junk faxes arrived in the Wichita, Kansas, office of the U.S….