Watchdog Report for September 2005

 

Total Watchdog disputes received for the month: 

410

Total Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

237

Total privacy related Watchdog disputes received concerning valid TRUSTe sites:

227

 

Total Watchdog complaints that were closed for the month: 

410

 

Privacy Related Issues Resolved in September:

 

Undefined

117

Unable to Unsubscribe

 24

Felt PII was Shared Improperly

1

Unable to change personal information

11

Unable to close account

40

Email sent without permission

1

Unwanted email

5

Excessive email

1

Phishing

5

Spyware

9

Received email spam

1

Transactional/Monetary/Billing

37

Account Access/Account Creation/Password Issue

84

Unauthorized Profile with My Information

18

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) related disputes

9

Public Abuse

14

Other

33

 

 

Resolution of Watchdogs (Closed)

 

Action taken without TRUSTe involvement

9

Consumer withdrawal of complaint

5

Duplicate of open complaint

3

Invalid complainant email

8

No consumer response 

17

No action required 

14

Non-privacy issue

310

PII deleted and/or account closed 

28

Unsubscribed

16