June 01, 2001
FTC calls Amazon practices
FTC calls Amazon practices
Bookseller Amazon and its Alexa Internet subsidiary probably deceived consumers when their Internet software secretly passed on personal information to the company, the Federal Trade Commission said. But the FTC said it will not take any action against the online bookseller because one of the software programs in question, zBubbles,is no longer operational and Alexa has changed its stated privacy policy, see also Slashdot
Posted by rshah at June 1, 2001 12:00 PM