Netscape Pays $100,000 To Settle Privacy Issue

crazyhorse44 writes ""The New York Attorney General's office said on Friday Netscape would pay $100,000 as part of a settlement of complaints about a feature used by the unit of America Online to track what users downloaded online. Netscape, once the browser pioneer that has fallen second to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer in recent years, would also delete all URLs and related data it has obtained through its SmartDownload browser software and undergo privacy audits, the Attorney General's office said. The settlement comes after a two-year probe, begun in 2002, into Netscape's collection and retention of information that identified files downloaded by users, which contradicted its statement to consumers that none of the information was saved." Story at Wired."

Comments

Hold on

[Ian Harris]

"The settlement comes after a two-year probe, begun in 2002"

Re:sooooooo 2003 :)

[I Want GNU!]

The settlement comes after a two-year probe, begun in 2002
I didn't know we already were in 2004.

Didn't you hear? AOL is teaming up with the RIAA to fight piracy. Those several months of heavy litigation were equivalent to two years of lighter litigation.

Who gets the $100,000?

[Zog The Undeniable]

Given the number of Netscape users these days, that should be about $25,000 each :-)