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How Zappos Defused a Potential Online Privacy Crisis
Mar 23, 2012
How Zappos Defused a Potential Online Privacy Crisis
When hackers breached the computer systems of online retailer Zappos.com in January, they gained access to the personal information of up to 24 million customers. The information included customer names, billing and shipping addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. In a predictable response, customers immediately filed federal class action lawsuits against Zappos, and the attorneys…
Developers of New Apps Need to Consider Privacy Issues
Feb 22, 2012
Developers of New Apps Need to Consider Privacy Issues
There’s been much talk of Google’s upcoming streamlined privacy policy. Now come new demands for cleaner, user-friendly data collection and usage disclosures in the mobile app world. Two recent events highlight changes that online advertisers and app developers need to prepare for: (1) a letter from Congressmen Henry Waxman and G.K. Butterfield to Apple regarding…
