Watchdog Report for May 2006

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

275

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

275

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

264

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

269

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in May:

 

Undefined

40

Unable to Unsubscribe

 21

Received email spam

  1

Email sent without permission

  1

Unwanted email

  4

Excessive email

  1

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

1

Unable to change personal information

7

Unable to close account

22

Unauthorized use of TRUSTe seal

2

Phishing

6

Spyware

3

Unable to contact licensee

1

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

9

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

43

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

70

Public abuse

11

Emails sent by non-TRUSTe web site

2

Other

29

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

1

Duplicate of open complaint

2

Invalid complainant email

2

No consumer response 

16

No action required 

2

Non-privacy issue

208

PII deleted and/or account closed 

20

Legal exemption/TOS violation

8

Unsubscribed

10