NebuAd, ISP Partners Targeted in Class Action Suit - November 13, 2008 By Zachary Rodgers ClickZ Nov 12, 2008 "[A] class-action suit ... filed [on Monday, November 10, 2008] in a California Federal District Court ... claims [Foster-City based] NebuAd and Internet service providers committed illegal privacy and computer security breaches against Internet subscribers. ISPs named in the suit include CenturyTel, WOW, CableOne, Embarq, Knology, and Bresnan Communications. The filing also targets an additional 20 unnamed ISP defendants[.] [ ... ] "The six ISPs identified in the complaint retained NebuAd earlier this year to conduct trials of the vendor's behavioral advertising platform. ... NebuAd backed away from ISP behavioral targeting (ISP-BT) earlier this fall after drawing scrutiny from Congressional leaders and privacy advocates. "The class action suit alleges the defendants violated ... the [federal] Electronic Communications Privacy Act[,] ... the [federal] Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ... the California Invasion of Privacy Act and [California's] Computer Crime Law[.] ... To those, plaintiffs added charges of aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and unjust enrichment." To read the full article, click on the Title Line, above. See Also: NebuAd Unveils Behavioral Targeting Network at ad:tech New York Conference Unique Consumer-Centric Approach Yields New Level of Targeting Effectiveness While Safe-Guarding Consumer Privacy Press Release NebuAd November 5, 2007 NebuAd Introduces Next-Generation Online Consumer Privacy Protections Press Release NebuAd July 8, 2008 Privacy Principles for the Development of User Controls for Behavioral Targeting Center for Democracy and Technology March 4, 2008 NOTE: This CDT report is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, read, and print. For a free downloadable version of Acrobat Reader, go to Adobe.com. Anti-Spyware Coalition Aims to Address Behavioral Targeting Press Release Anti-Spyware Coalition APril 25 , 2008