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A lawsuit brought against IBM's Weather Company claims the website "knowingly and willfully disclosed its users’ personally identifiable information – including a record of every video viewed by the user – to unrelated third parties, mParticle and AdNexus," now known as Microsoft's Xandr. The complaint [PDF], filed in June in …

  1. John Brown (no body) Silver badge

    fully committed to user privacy

    "The Weather Company is fully committed to user privacy. We comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations,"

    If they were "fully committed to user privacy", they'd go above any beyond the pitiful "applicable privacy laws and regulations" in place across most/all US jurisdictions.

  2. An_Old_Dog Silver badge

    Lawyer's Reading

    The Weather Company is fully committed to user privacy. Lawyer's reading: "User privacy is not the same as user's-data-privacy."

    We comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations Lawyer's reading: "I don't think these laws and regulations apply to us."

  3. Kevin McMurtrie Silver badge

    Change the TLD

    weather.gov - Ugly but not trying to profit off visitors.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    leaked?

    If he used the word 'leaked' he'll lose because they ether sold access to his information, or outright sold it.

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