Junkbusters Corp., an organization whose declared mission is to stop spam, sent a letter to the FTC on April 22 requesting that the agency investigate discrepancies in the privacy statements posted by eBay as they result in the dissemination of personal data without customer knowledge.
Junkbusters President Jason Catlett contends that eBay’s use of two different privacy statements (a shorter version, and a longer version which discloses the release of customer data to third parties without their consent) constitutes a deceptive practice.
This complaint to the FTC was concurrent with another one made by EPIC about Amazon’s privacy policies in regard to minors.