Wednesday, October 19, 2011

FIPS in the News: IMDb/Amazon

The IMDb logo.An anonymous actress claims in a million-dollar federal lawsuit that her offers for roles dropped sharply after the popular Internet Movie Database published damaging personal information: her age.

The actress provided credit card information and her real name – but not her age – when she bought the service, according to the lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court against Seattle-based IMDb and its parent company, Amazon.com.

IMDb used that information - without her permission - to uncover her date of birth and added it to her profile on the website.

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