Spokeo Fined $800K By FTC For Marketing Its Services To Employers 81
nonprofiteer writes "Spokeo was one of the first public-facing person-profiling companies to attract the ire of those profiled. Taglined 'not your grandmother's phonebook,' it offers up profiles pulled from public records, social networking sites, etc, including your address, worth of your home, who's in your family, your estimated wealth, your hobbies and interests, and more. People freaked out when they first discovered it. Apparently, the company was selling reports to employers, but not following principles set forth by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Federal Trade Commission is fining them $800,000. FTC also chastises them for writing fake positive reviews around the Web."
Re:I am safe. (Score:5, Funny)
You're not the one from NY?
http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=Anonymous+Coward&s2=t24 [spokeo.com]
Re:Spokeo is wildly inaccurate (Score:3, Funny)
it had me living in a million dollar home (off by more than an order of magnitude)
Oh I see how it is, mister fancy-pants $10M+ home.