March 27, 2001
TiVo accused of privacy violations
TiVo accused of privacy violations
The Privacy Foundation released a report accusing digital video recording company TiVo of misleading subscribers because the service can gather more information about its subscribers' viewing habits than the company is letting on. But Jim Barton, TiVo's chief technology officer, acknowledged that the company does collect information about what its subscribers watch but that -- contrary to the Privacy Foundation findings -- it strips names out of the data.
Posted by rshah at March 27, 2001 12:00 PM