Category Archives: Privacy
June 18, 2014
If You’re Using Automatically Renewing Subscriptions, You Need to Follow These Cases
Companies that use automatically renewing subscription plans are coming under increasing scrutiny as a growing number of class action lawsuits is filed by consumers who claim they did not explicitly authorize the renewals. These cases are, for the moment at least, popping up primarily in California and Oregon which have particularly stringent laws governing such […]
> read moreJune 18, 2014
Right to Auto-Dial a Cell Does Not Survive Transfer of the Number
If your business uses auto-dialing of cell phones as a way of communicating with customers, you may find yourself facing an unexpected new burden after a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court. That court, in the case of Breslow v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., determined that when the plaintiff transferred ownership of the phone and […]
> read moreMay 20, 2014
EU High Court Ruling on Google Search Results
The European Union’s high court has ruled that Google must respond to requests by individuals and companies to take down from search results any information that the petitioner views as outdated, inaccurate or irrelevant. In its zeal to create a “right to be forgotten,” the Court has told Google that it is responsible for hiding […]
> read moreOctober 17, 2013
White House Turns Up Heat on Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation
Recent revelations of widespread spying and eavesdropping by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies has triggered a heightened sense of concern on the part of privacy-sensitive European nations. These allies in turn have brought pressure on the Obama Administration to create legislative safeguards against undue privacy intrusion, a subject about which EU […]
> read moreApril 23, 2013
One State Court Finds Requiring Zip Codes to Be a Privacy Issue
If you require your customers to supply a ZIP Code as a part of a transactions, you might want to rethink that practice.
> read moreMarch 18, 2013
Even If You Think European Laws Don’t Or Shouldn’t Apply To You, It Is Important That You Keep An Eye On Privacy Issues Across The Pond.
Everyone knows that the Internet is a global medium, that it is no respecter of national boundaries,
> read moreFebruary 14, 2013
FTC Fines $800,000 for Harvesting Addresses from Customer Phones Costs
Operator of the Path social networking application agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. Path agreed to establish a comprehensive privacy program to obtain an independent privacy assessment every other year for the next 20 years […]
> read moreNovember 28, 2012
New Social Media Privacy Law Has Wide-Ranging Possible Consequences
Following the lead of states like California, Illinois, and Maryland, New Jersey has become another state to pass legislation aimed at protecting employees from privacy concerns in the social media arena. Particularly, the New Jersey bill, recently passed by its Senate, would prohibit an employer from (1) requiring a current or prospective employee to provide […]
> read moreJanuary 31, 2012
Collecting personal data obsolete? Three ideas for the Intention Economy
Author Doc Searls predicts customer data collection will become obsolete in the Intention Economy. Sequel suggests three practical tips to prepare now, offers help managing data security, and auditing content-use and privacy policies.
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