As part of a yearlong effort to combat the growing trend of telemarketing scams affecting Hoosiers, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced yesterday that he had filed lawsuits against two California-based companies that blasted out faxes to numerous consumers in violation of Indiana’s Do Not Fax law. The suits allege ProStarr Satellite, Inc. and Association…
For my reading list…
Every so often, I try to spend a bit of time on SSRN to see what new articles are available that might be of interest. Here are seven recently posted abstracts, below. For most of them, the full-text version is also available as a free download: Finkin, Matthew W., On Restating the Common Law of…
Levi’s tags: more than just your jeans
I’m confident that Levis.com is not the only web site of concern, but this case study suggests that the public really often has no clue how their information is being tracked or used: Dwyer, Catherine Ann, Behavioral Targeting: A Case Study of Consumer Tracking on Levis.com (August 6, 2009). Abstract: Behavioral targeting is an online…
Gloucester woman jailed in second ID theft case
Ever see a coffee mug or t-shirt with a sweet message about sisters being best friends? We probably won’t find any in one Gloucester family, where one sister has used her sister’s identity when charged with crimes – twice. Indeed, the very first sentence in the news report give s a clue that we’re not…