Watchdog Report for February 2006

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

316

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

296

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

279

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

316

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in February:

 

Undefined

43

Unable to Unsubscribe

 43

Received email spam

  1

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

3

Unable to change personal information

16

Unable to close account

19

Email sent without permission

2

Unwanted email

4

Excessive email

2

Phishing

12

Spyware

2

Unable to contact licensee

3

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

58

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

64

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

3

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

3

Public Abuse

13

Other

24

Data spill

1

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Action taken without TRUSTe involvement

1

Changes required to the Site

1

Company sued by TRUSTe

1

Duplicate of open complaint

11

Invalid complainant email

3

No consumer response 

20

No action required 

12

Non-privacy issue

214

PII deleted and/or account closed 

20

Legal exemption/TOS violation

8

Unsubscribed

25