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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