NEW YORK – March 23. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced settlements with three popular health-related applications sold in Apple’s App Store and Google Play regarding misleading claims and irresponsible privacy practices. The settlement follows a year-long investigation of mobile health applications and requires the implicated companies and developers to amend deceptive statements about…
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FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against TRENDnet, Inc.
From the FTC, a follow-up on a breach and enforcement action previously noted on this blog: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that electronics company TRENDnet, Inc.’s lax security practices led to the exposure of the private lives of hundreds of consumers on the internet for public…
Garry Gross dies; involved in famous Brook Shields privacy lawsuit
It was a troubling privacy case at the time. A mother had signed consent for a photographer to take nude photos of her 10-year old daughter for a Playboy layout. Garry Gross was the photographer. The child was Brooke Shields. The Associated Press tells the story for those who do not remember it or weren’t…
Texas Sold Babies’ Blood to Pentagon & Private Firms, Class of Parents Says
Cameron Langford reports: Texas illegally “sold, trade, bartered and distributed” babies’ blood to private companies and the Pentagon without asking or telling their parents, after taking the blood as part of Texas’ “mandatory newborn screening program,” parents claim in a federal class action. Blood from 8,800 babies was sold or traded for lab equipment from…