Two men who ran a company that tricked organizations into revealing personal details about customers have today been found guilty of conspiring to breach the Data Protection Act. Barry Spencer, 41, and Adrian Stanton, 40, ran ICU Investigations Ltd in Feltham, Middlesex. The pair were convicted at Isleworth Crown Court of conspiring to unlawfully obtain…
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LG Smart TVs logging USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers
DoctorBeet writes: Earlier this month I discovered that my new LG Smart TV was displaying ads on the Smart landing screen. After some investigation, I found a rather creepy corporate video advertising their data collection practices to potential advertisers. It’s quite long but a sample of their claims are as follows: LG Smart Ad analyses users favourite…
Berlin court rules Google privacy policy violates data protection law
Loek Essers reports: Google’s privacy policy and terms of service violate German data protection law, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled Tuesday. The clauses are too vaguely formulated and can restrict the rights of consumers, said the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV), which brought the case.. The VZBV complained about 13 privacy policy clauses…
French judges probe IKEA chiefs ‘snooping’
Fascinating development in a snooping case first reported last year. From BBC: French prosecutors have opened formal investigations into directors of IKEA France over allegations that they snooped on employees and customers. Chief executive Stefan Vanoverbeke, his predecessor Jean-Louis Baillo, and chief financial officer Dariusz Rychert were arrested on Monday. They are accused of trying…