FTC Warns Site Not To Sell Personal Data

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 12, 2010 @09:14PM from the never-means-never dept.

itwbennett writes "The US Federal Trade Commission has warned two people associated with a now-defunct magazine and Web site for gay teens and young men that they would violate the privacy promises the publication made to subscribers by selling their personal information during a bankruptcy proceeding. The FTC, in a letter sent earlier this month, also suggested that the owners of XY Magazine and XY.com would be violating the privacy standards the company had in place before shutting down if they used the subscribers' personal information in a relaunch of the magazine or website. The personal information is listed as part of the debtor's estate in a New Jersey bankruptcy proceeding for Peter Ian Cummings, editor and founder of the magazine. Before the magazine's demise, many of the subscribers lived at home with parents."

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Mr Cummings runs a gay teen site? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-12 21:41 · Score: -1, Redundant

Must. Resist. Bad. Joke!!
Re:Censorship Software would help protect Children by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-13 02:00 · Score: -1, Redundant

The last nanny who wanted What's Best For Me was working for Obama, and tried to rip me apart with SEIU thugs for trying to hurt the campaign contributions of The Democrats. Hillary ensued.
There, fixed that for ya!