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A class-action lawsuit has been filed by a California law firm against Fidelity National Information Services, accusing the company and Certegy Check Services of negligence, invasion of privacy and breach of implied contract, writes ComputerWorld.
FIS initially said about 2.3 million records may have been compromised, but in filings with the SEC about two weeks later, the company increased that number to as many as 8.5 million.
The company said the data appeared to have been misappropriated purely for marketing purposes rather than for identity theft or other types of fraud. The case was initially brought by a Los Angeles-based resident who started noticing an increase in the number of mail- and phone-based direct marketing and promotional offers he was receiving.
Companies have been concerned that they could become targets of lawsuits in data breach cases, but few such suits have been filed, and fewer still have been won by consumers. The trouble lies in the fact that it is difficult to establish and prove a direct link between a proven data breach and identity theft or other forms of fraud.
The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”
The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…
The Chicago Tribune’s new design will launch on Sept. 29, Tribune Co. chief operating officer Randy Michaels says. No details on the redesign have been released; the paper has already been decreasing its editorial pages to create a more even split…
Teens are not the best demo to target with cell phone advertising, according to a new study from comScore. Though they are cell phone-savvy, most of them - 70 percent - have their phones paid for by parents, which means…
CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.
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Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.
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To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…
