[NetBehaviour] Complaint filed with FTC over AOL data exposure.

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Complaint filed with FTC over AOL data exposure.

by Eric Bangeman.

On the list of things you hope no one finds out about you, the fact that 
you have a fetish for Simpsons porn would have to be up near the top. 
One user's predilection for erotica based on prime-time cartoons is only 
one of the thousands of data points revealed in last week's disclosure 
of AOL users' search history by the ISP. In response, the Electronic 
Frontier Foundation has filed a complaint (PDF) with the Federal Trade 
Commission, accusing AOL of violating the Federal Trade Commission Act 
and asking for the FTC to take action against it.

The EFF says AOL has engaged in deceptive and unfair trade practices 
with its data disclosure. Citing AOL's own Network Privacy Policy, the 
EFF says that the company failed to "implement reasonable and 
appropriate measures to protect personal consumer information from 
public disclosure." Beyond that, AOL's failure to "employ proper 
security measures... to protect personal consumer information from 
public disclosure" constitutes an unfair trade practice, says the EFF.

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060815-7504.html