Netscape Pays $100,000 To Settle Privacy Issue

Posted by Hemos on Sunday June 15, 2003 @10:41PM from the putting-the-issue-out-to-pasture dept.

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."

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Re:Well, that's half of the problem. by Coniptor · 2003-06-16 00:10 · Score: -1, Troll

My Ass.
That must be why they include the wonderful Alexa bullshit in ALL downloads which you can get from their site.
Fuck Microsoft. No one's buying their horseshit products so they'll go behind your back to collect data on EVERY web page you go to for marketing research and just to know what your using the browser for.
There is a fix available but it's still bullshit.
Anyone not aware of shit should download a recent copy of ad-aware and scan the whole system.
Find what's lurking on your system!