Sean Rayment reports: An Army sniper is suing the Ministry of Defence over a “catastrophic error” which put him and his family in danger of being kidnapped by al-Qaeda. Police feared the soldier and his family could face retaliatory attacks by British-based Islamists after it was disclosed to the media that he had shot dead…
Month: July 2010
‘McSteamy’ Sex Tape Suit Cools off With Settlement
Matthew Heller reports: Acting couple Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart have dropped a $1 million lawsuit against Gawker.com for publishing a videotape featuring them in a nude threesome with a friend after the gossip website agreed to take down the much-viewed posting. Gawker got plenty of mileage from the tape after posting it in August…
UK: Virgin’s email to opted-out customer broke rules, says ASA
Virgin Media broke advertising regulations when it sent an email promoting deals and offers to a customer who had opted out of marketing communications, the advertising regulator has said. The company had claimed the message was a service update. The advertising industry’s code of self-regulation, the CAP Code, governs how companies use databases for marketing…
Omo follows customers home with GPS-enabled products
Meghan Keane reports: Privacy advocates may not be happy with brands tracking consumers online, but a Brazilian detergent brand is set to begin tracking customers in the real world. Starting next week, Omo is embedding 50 detergent boxes with GPS devices as part of a new video camera giveaway. The campaign is sure to get…