Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

Advocacy Group Requests Investigation Into Online Sale of Personal Data

From EPIC: In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC urged the agency to investigate online data brokers, companies that promise to sell phone calling records, the identities of people who own private mail boxes, and the identities associated with AOL Screen names, Match.com profiles, and Lavalife profiles. The complaint argues that this information cannot be obtained without violating federal law or regulations.”

Sorry, comments are closed for this post.