Tag Archives: Technology
Your Ignorance Of Privacy-Protected Information Causes Massive FTC Fines
Your Ignorance Of Privacy-Protected Information Causes Massive FTC Fines You Don’t Know What Information Is Privacy-Protected & What To Do About It! (Hint – Social Media And Mobile Apps Are Huge Traps For the Unwary!!) By Chip Cooper, Esq Background You’re an online entrepreneur, or …
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 …
GENEALOGY: A warning to Ancestry customers who consent to use DNA services
A warning to Ancestry customers who consent to use DNA services By Tribune Star A couple of years ago, Ancestry went into a partnership with a biotech company called Calico, owned by Google. The premise of this partnership was that …
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 …
Instagram Will Add ‘Paid Partnership’ Tag to Sponsored Posts, After FTC’s Warnings to Celebrity Users
Instagram Will Add ‘Paid Partnership’ Tag to Sponsored Posts, After FTC’s Warnings to Celebrity Users By Todd Spangler Instagram said it will add a new “paid partnership with” sub-header on sponsored posts and stories — a move that comes two months …
Your Online Customer Agreement: Which End-User Agreement Approach is Right For You?
Your Online Customer Agreement: Which End-User Agreement Approach is Right For You? By Chip Cooper, Esq. If you offer software as a service (SaaS), your choices among contracting approaches for users include an electronic, click-wrapped agreement or a more traditional paper-based, …
How to Efficiently Read a Privacy Policy
How to Efficiently Read a Privacy Policy by Sid Kirchheimer Few people regularly do, and no surprise. The typical privacy policy is about 2,500 words — roughly a 10-minute read — sometimes, with enough legalese to make Perry Mason wince. …
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 …
