Watchdog Report for August 2006

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

281

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

281

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

243

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

257

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in August:

 

Undefined

39

Unable to Unsubscribe

 30

Received email spam

  5

Email sent without permission

 11

Unwanted email

  1

Excessive Email

  1

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

6

Unable to change personal information

7

Unable to close account

28

Phishing

6

Spyware/Software

6

Unable to contact licensee

1

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

3

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

34

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

64

Public Abuse

14

Emails sent by non-TRUSTe web site

1

Children's Information (under 13)

2

Other

21

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

1

Action taken without TRUSTe Involvement

3

Duplicate of open complaint

5

Invalid complainant email

4

No consumer response 

27

No changes required

3

Non-privacy issue

175

PII deleted and/or account closed 

21

Legal exemption/TOS violation

5

No Action

1

Unsubscribed

12