Watchdog Report for July 2006

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

263

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

262

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

253

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

228

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in July:

 

Undefined

43

Unable to Unsubscribe

 32

Received email spam

  5

Email sent without permission

  8

Unwanted email

  5

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

6

Violated privacy policy

2

Unable to change personal information

6

Unable to close account

17

Phishing

8

Spyware

3

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

7

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

3

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

31

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

58

Public Abuse

7

Emails sent by non-TRUSTe web site

3

Other

19

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

1

Changes required to privacy statement/practices

1

Duplicate of open complaint

1

Invalid complainant email

10

No consumer response 

12

No changes required

1

Non-privacy issue

168

PII deleted and/or account closed 

13

Legal exemption/TOS violation

6

Unsubscribed

15