The Federal Trade Commission will host a series of day-long public roundtable discussions to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Such practices include social networking, cloud computing, online behavioral advertising, mobile marketing, and the collection and use of information…
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Did too much privacy protection cost a young life?
A teenage girl may have died at her own hand. Could Sprint have prevented it? A commentary cross-posted from Chronicles of Dissent. The teenager called a suicide hotline for help. She had stabbed herself and taken drugs in an attempt to kill herself, and by the time she called the hotline, she was weak and…
A local bar agrees to sprout eyes, and that raises some eyebrows
Peter Hermann reports: Soon, when you belly up to the bar at Shirley’s Honey Hole on East Oliver Street, police will know when you’ve had your first, second and even third beer. From three miles away at the Citiwatch command center on Howard Street, they will be able to watch you buy a drink for…
Sonnenschein agrees to pay $15,000 to settle Do Not Call, Robo-Call complaints
An Illinois telemarketing firm has agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated Indiana’s Do Not Call law by pestering Hoosiers with dozens of pre-recorded “robo-calls.” Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced the settlement of the State of Indiana’s lawsuit against Sonnenschein Financial Services, Inc., and Sonnenschein Marketing…