Watchdog Report for December 2005

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

312

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

287

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

274

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

312

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in December:

 

Undefined

44

Unable to Unsubscribe

 28

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

6

Unable to change personal information

5

Violated privacy policy

1

Received email spam

1

Unable to close account

17

Email sent without permission

1

Unwanted email

2

Phishing

4

Spyware

8

Unable to contact licensee

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

41

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

52

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

4

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

66

Public Abuse

14

Other

17

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Action taken without TRUSTe involvement

1

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

2

No changes required to the Site

1

Duplicate of open complaint

1

Invalid complainant email

2

Licensee deactivated

1

No consumer response 

7

No action required 

21

Non-privacy issue

232

PII deleted and/or account closed 

16

Legal exemption/TOS violation

5

Unsubscribed

23