Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association. writes: Most people called to serve on grand or petit juries regularly use the internet to transact business, conduct research and carry out daily activities. And social media have become lifelines to networking with friends, families and co-workers. Unfortunately, a growing…
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Google deceiving Android users on location sharing
Alexander Hanff writes: Last summer I raised an issue with Google regarding location sharing on Android devices. Google give consumers the option of disabling location sharing on their new Android device during initial device setup (the first time you turn the device on) and the wording Google uses leads consumers to believe that is an…
Is Etsy.com sharing too much information?
Back in September and over on DataBreaches.net, I posted a breach involving Etsy.com, an online marketplace that boasts over 7.2 million members, over 400,000 sellers, and 971 million page views per month. At the time, the exposure of sellers’ names was accidental. But what was an accidental breach in September seems to have become policy by…
FTC Puts an End to Tactics of Online Advertising Company That Deceived Consumers Who Wanted to “Opt Out” from Targeted Ads
From the FTC: The FTC reached a settlement with online advertising company Chitika, Inc. that ends the company’s allegedly deceptive practice of tracking consumers’ online activities even after they have chosen to opt out of online tracking on Chitika’s website. The FTC investigated Chitika as part of its ongoing efforts to protect consumers’ privacy online….