Watchdog Report for October 2005

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

340

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

240

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

217

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

340

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in October:

 

Undefined

92

Unable to Unsubscribe

 32

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

2

Unable to change personal information

3

Unable to close account

25

Unable to contact licensee

1

Unwanted email

4

Unauthorized use of TRUSTe seal

1

Phishing

4

Spyware

7

Received email spam

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

40

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

81

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

3

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

10

Public Abuse

7

Other

27

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Action taken without TRUSTe involvement

4

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

1

Changes required to the Site

1

No changes required to the site

1

Invalid complainant email

2

No consumer response 

18

No action required 

4

Non-privacy issue

262

PII deleted and/or account closed 

23

Legal exemption/TOS violation

2

Trademark Investigated

4

Unsubscribed

18