Personal Consumer Issues • Capital One lawsuit re: online tracking and how much is true

The privacy implications of online tracking are pretty well documented, but at least for me, there's more confusion about the financial security implications.

A class-action lawsuit against Capital One has been filed, and after reading the details of what's being alleged, I wondered how much is true. Any web developers or network security folks who would like to comment?

HERE is the link about the lawsuit. (Beware, it has a click-baity title! But that doesn't mean there's no there there.)

Here is what is being alleged:

The lawsuit says that the personal and financial information Capital One is allegedly collecting includes,

“…account information, credit card application information, and credit card pre-approval information, including the fact that a user was on a certain page, that users clicked buttons and what URLs or webpages they led to, information entered on preapproval application pages including their employment information, bank account information, and Customers’ eligibility, preapproval, or approval for a credit card.”

So, is it in fact true that online trackers can somehow access bank account, employment and other information entered on online forms?

Statistics: Posted by roamingzebra — Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:42 pm — Replies 1 — Views 301

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