Dan Goodin reports: A privacy researcher has revealed the evil genius behind a for-profit web analytics service capable of following users across more than 500 sites, even when all cookie storage was disabled and sites were viewed using a browser’s privacy mode. The technique, which worked with sites including Hulu, Spotify and GigaOm, is controversial…
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NebuAd Settles Lawsuit Over Behavioral Targeting Tests
Wendy Davis reports: Defunct ad company NebuAd has agreed to a $2.4 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit stemming from tests of its controversial behavioral targeting technology. Two-thirds of the settlement will go toward various privacy organizations, while seven Web users who brought suit will receive between $1,000 and $5,000 each, according to papers…
Mobile Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It Violated Children’s Privacy Rule
From the Federal Trade Commission: A developer of mobile applications, including children’s games for the iPhone and iPod touch, will pay $50,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s COPPA Rule by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from tens of thousands of…
LinkedIn slammed for opt-out setting which could erode user privacy (updated with link to LinkedIn’s response)
LinkedIn users are being urged to contact the company to complain after it was revealed that a change in privacy policy now allows third-party advertisers to harvest users’ profile information and pictures in their ads by default. Blogger Steve Woodruff appears to have been the first to notice the changes to LinkedIn’s Terms of Use, which force…