Comments on: Sears website privacy class action https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/sears-website-privacy-class-action/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 22 May 2008 20:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: bob neal https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/sears-website-privacy-class-action/comment-page-1/#comment-10272 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:11:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5740#comment-10272 Ben, that’s not the point. The point is there has been no harm to redress. And James, the RIAA case is significantly different. If Sears had advertised “get your customer information here” the RIAA case might be applicable.

]]> By: Ben Edelman https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/sears-website-privacy-class-action/comment-page-1/#comment-10271 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:32:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5740#comment-10271 I can’t agree that Sears “quickly” responded to this problem. Unambiguous emails indicate that Sears staff had known about this problem for 3+ weeks and had not taken action.

]]> By: James https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/sears-website-privacy-class-action/comment-page-1/#comment-10270 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:16:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5740#comment-10270 In an unrelated case, a district court judge recently ruled that merely “making available” information in a way that is publicly accessible, but should not be, is illegal.

Wouldn’t similar logic apply here?

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