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Consumers Union Faces Class Action for Selling Personally Identifiable Information

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April 5, 2016 On April 1, 2016, a class action lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Consumers Union of United States, Inc., a branch of the popular magazine publisher of Consumer Reports (“Consumer Union”), sold personally identifiable information of Consumer Reports magazine subscribers […]

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Conde Nast Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Sale of Personally Identifiable Information

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July 23, 2015 On Monday, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc., d/b/a Conde Nast (“Conde Nast”), alleging that the magazine publisher sells the personally identifiable information (“PII”) of its customers to third-party “data miners” in violation of

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Court Rules that E-mail Addresses Are Protected Personal Data

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Previously we informed our readers that California’s new Internet data privacy law, effective January 1st, 2014, requires operators of commercial websites or online services that collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) from California consumers to conspicuously post their privacy policies on their respective websites.  Now, the federal District Court for the Eastern District of California has ruled that consumers’ e-mail

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