Tag Archives: Start With Security
Sarahah harvests your phone contacts for a feature that doesn’t exist yet
Sarahah harvests your phone contacts for a feature that doesn’t exist yet By Jacob Kastrenakes Sarahah, the anonymous feedback app that’s been going viral for the past couple weeks, may not be as private as it sounds: it turns out, the app …
FTC’s Settlement With Google Provides Game Changing Internet Privacy Regulations
FTC’s Settlement With Google Provides Game Changing Internet Privacy Regulations By Chip Cooper, ESQ. You’ve certainly heard about Google’s highly promoted BUZZ service which is designed to compete directly with Twitter by offering much of Twitter’s basic functionality with a …
Are Non-Clickers Bound By Your Online Customer Agreement?
Are Non-Clickers Bound By Your Online Customer Agreement? By Chip Cooper, Esq It’s well settled that website click-wrapped agreements presented on SaaS (Software as a Service) websites and ecommerce sites are enforceable against the clicker — but what about users …
Disney sued for allegedly spying on children through 42 gaming apps
Disney sued for allegedly spying on children through 42 gaming apps By Dani Deahl A federal class action lawsuit filed in California alleges that the Walt Disney Company is violating privacy protection laws by collecting children’s personal information from 42 …
How airlines store and share your information
How airlines store and share your information By Anastasiya Bolton and Anna Staver, KUSA What kind of information does an airline collect about you as a passenger? And who can access it? For answers, we reviewed the privacy policies of Frontier, …
Sex, Lies… And a Dumb Mistake Your Blog Website Can’t Afford
Sex, Lies… And a Dumb Mistake Your Blog Website Can’t Afford By Chip Cooper, Esq Does your website incorporate a blog or forum – where users may post text or files? If so, are you liable if your users post …
Thousands Agree to Clean Port-a-potties for Free Wi-Fi
Thousands obliviously agree to clean port-a-potties for free Wi-Fi By Rebecca Wilkin Public Wi-Fi provider Purple recently attempted to determine if anyone actually reads terms and conditions before hitting “agree.” Spoiler: they do not. In a clever experiment, the UK-based company added …
Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down after $104 Million Settlement
Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down after $104 Million Settlement By Catalin Cimpanu The Federal Trade Commission has shut down the operator of a large network of online loan sites that promised to find people the loans with the …
Popular Apps and Websites That Sell Your Anonymized Data
Popular apps and websites reserve the right to sell your anonymized data By Nick Vega Last month, most people learned through a New York Times story that the email decluttering service Unroll.me had been selling anonymized customer data to third parties. …
Twitter Updates Privacy Policy
Twitter Updates Privacy Policy By Angela Moscaritolo Twitter has announced some privacy policy updates and new tools to give users more control over how their information is used. It should now be a little easier to keep tabs on how …
