FTC Recommends Conditions For Sale of RadioShack Customer Data

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 18, 2015 @06:36AM from the rules-of-the-game dept.

itwbennett writes: The FTC has weighed in on the contentious issue of the proposed sale of consumer data by RadioShack, recommending that a settlement with failed online toy retailer Toysmart.com be adopted as a model for dealings going forward. Director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection Jessica L. Rich wrote in a letter to a court-appointed consumer privacy ombudsman that the agency's concerns about the transfer of customer information inconsistent with RadioShack's privacy promises "would be greatly diminished if certain conditions were met." These include: that the data was not sold standalone, and if the buyer is in the same lines of business, they agree to be bound by the same privacy policies.

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All those batteries.... by jddj · 2015-05-18 07:17 · Score: 2, Funny

...all those Goddamned batteries...
oops by sootman · 2015-05-18 08:10 · Score: 3, Funny

I hope there's not really a John Q. Public living at 1 Happy Street*, Beverly Hills, 90210. If so... apologies in advance, mate.
* From My Blue Heaven
"What the frig is the address here?"
"How should I know... Number One Happy Street!"

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