Watchdog Report for January 2006

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

288

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

274

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

250

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

288

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in January:

 

Undefined

49

Unable to Unsubscribe

 32

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

5

Unable to change personal information

7

Unable to close account

27

Unauthorized use of TRUSTe seal

1

Children's Information (under 13)

1

Email sent without permission

1

Unwanted email

3

Phishing

5

Spyware

4

Unable to contact licensee

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

36

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

54

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

2

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

5

Public Abuse

19

Other

36

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Action taken without TRUSTe involvement

3

Duplicate of open complaint

1

Invalid complainant email

9

No consumer response 

21

No action required 

13

Non-privacy issue

191

PII deleted and/or account closed 

11

Legal exemption/TOS violation

21

Trademark investigated

2

Unsubscribed

16