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datababe
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: ValueClick told to click here or else.... |
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Nice! 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080317-can-spam-violations-cost-online-ad-firm-2-9-million.html
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| The settlement is the largest in CAN-SPAM's five-year history, says the FTC, and bars the companies from any further violations. |
Sometimes it feels like they're chiseling away at Crazy Horse Mountain with a blunt toothpick, but every little bit helps....
edit: found an interesting bit on the possible ramifications of this rulings fine print here:
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=148572&WT.svl=news1_1
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| In a nutshell, the decision means that enterprises could be found negligent for promising to protect user data but subsequently failing to implement the security precautions required to meet those promises. |
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| In the ValueClick case, however, the Commission adds charges that the company failed to meet some fairly vague security promises made under its privacy policy -- a type of violation that might be common among non-spammers and legitimate companies as well. |
Hmmm.
/me forwards link to $Security_Dept.
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