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Class Action Suit Alleges Sears Privacy Failures

Brian Krebs writes on Security Fix:

Class-action lawyers are circling around retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co., just days after privacy activists revealed that the company's Web site exposed the details of customer purchases going back more than a decade.

In a complaint filed Friday in Cook County, Illinois -- where Sears is headquartered -- the plaintiffs allege that the lack of privacy protections at Sears's managemyhome.com site violated its own privacy promises to consumers, and in so doing ran afoul of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, which prohibits "unfair and deceptive practices."

The complaint seeks class-action status, and more than $5 million in damages, including attorneys' fees.

posted by Fergie @ 1/05/2008 12:09:00 PM