Tweet In December, an FTC order barred Epic Marketplace, Inc. from continuing a practice known as history sniffing. The technology employed by the company allowed them to track sensitive information including certain medical and financial information for millions of consumers. According to the terms of the settlement, the company must cease those practices and destroy …
Monthly Archive: February 2013
Feb 13
Court Invalidates Zappos’ Browsewrap Agreement
Tweet In early 2012, Zappos, a division of Amazon, was the victim of an enormous customer data breach affecting 24 million records. Class action attorneys filed cases against the online shoe retailer citing multiple breaches of contract and privacy violations. Zappos’ Terms of Use (TOU) contained an arbitration provision, which may have saved the company …
Feb 08
FTC Releases Best Practices for Mobile Privacy and Fines Mobile Service Provider $800,000
Tweet The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a staff report on Friday recommending ways for participants in the mobile ecosystem to improve their mobile privacy disclosures. The report includes guidance tailored for key commercial players involved in the mobile area, including platforms (such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android), app developers, certain third parties (such as ad …
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