Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse clicks, keystrokes

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Session replay tools have been a privacy concern due to their indiscriminate capturing of data, sometimes poor security, and failures to get user consent to track and store this data, not to mention having analysts going over your every move to see how they can optimize their webpages and boost sales.- Meta accused of breaking the law by secretly tracking iPhone users- America's Supremes give Facebook nothing but heartaches: Top court won't stop '$15bn wiretap' lawsuit- Google fails to neutralize lawsuit that complains Chrome's incognito mode isn't very private at all- Microsoft accused of sharing data of Office 365 business subscribers with Facebook and its app devsThe lawsuit is seeking "the greater of $10,000 or $100 per day for each violation" of the Wiretap Act as well as $2,500 in statutory damages for each violation of CIPA.You can't bake respect for privacy into a pizzaIt can be argued Papa John's leaves a lot of stuff out of its pizza – you know, like flavor – but a lack of concern for privacy isn't new: the fast-food chain faced a £10,000 ($11,100) fine in the UK last year for sending advertising text messages to customers without their explicit consent.Papa John's was accused of abusing the "soft opt-in" exemption in Blighty's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, which states that companies who obtain customer data in the course of a sale can use that data to send marketing messages – but only if they're given an opt-out opportunity first.Perhaps, by just ditching it – as the The National Law Review explained: "[The 9th Circuit] case suggests that a robust privacy policy may not be enough for an organization and it could open doors to organizations including an affirmative opt-in function going forward as a risk mitigation measure.""

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