From the good folks at EPIC: In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, EPIC urged the FCC to determine whether AT&T violated the Communications Act when it sold private consumer call detail information to the Drug Enforcement Administration and Central Intelligence Agency. EPIC’s letter follows an earlier letter where EPIC asked the FCC to resolve whether Verizon violated the…
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States Enter $17 Million Multistate Settlement With Google Over Tracking Of Consumers
From NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced his office has entered into multistate a settlement agreement with Google Inc. concerning its unauthorized placement of cookies on computers using Apple Safari Web browsers during 2011 and 2012. Of the $17 million in settlement money, New York will receive $899,580. “Consumers should…
Allies Join Actress’ Bid to Revive Suit Over Age Disclosure
Amanda Bronstad has an update on a case covered previously on this blog: An actress who sued IMDb.com for publishing her real age has appealed a verdict against her, and the entertainment industry’s most powerful unions back her claims. Junie Hoang, whose legal name is Huong Hoang, sued IMDb.com and parent Amazon.com Inc. after the…
Staking out Twitter and Facebook, LexisNexis service lets police poke perps
Sean Gallagher reports: Local law enforcement is getting the kind of technological boost that used to be limited to three-letter agencies, thanks to Web-based software services that mine social media for intelligence. At last month’s International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in Philadelphia, LexisNexis showed off a new tool it will bundle with…