Intelius’ People Search Site Faces Class Action

Intelius, a popular people search and public records site, has been smacked with a class-action lawsuit in Illinois that was filed by a person who claims that the company markets and sells people’s personal information in violation of an Illinois publicity rights law. The Illinois publicity rights law is a state law that regulates who […]

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‘Stud or Dud’ People Search & Background Check App

Have you ever wished that you had more background information on a potential online date before meeting them for real in a potentially disappointing, embarrassing or even dangerous situation? Along with the rapid rise in popularity of social media and online dating sites/apps comes a growing interest in do-it-yourself background check services for people. It […]

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Facebook Ordered To Stop Collecting People’s Information

The data gods at Facebook have run into another privacy problem with a data watchdog and privacy regulator in Germany. Facebook has been ordered to stop gathering and sharing personal information on people who use the company’s WhatsApp messaging service in Germany. A German privacy regulator has accused Facebook of violating Germany’s national data protection […]

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