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Daily Dashboard | Hearst reaches $50M settlement in privacy case Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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Reuters reports Hearst Communications reached a $50 million settlement in a case in which it was accused of violating the Michigan Video Rental Privacy Act. Hearst was accused of selling customer information to data-mining companies and offering “enhanced” user profiles to third parties containing information produced by the data miners. The data included customers’ ages, races, religions, income levels, charitable donations, medication conditions and shopping habits. Hearst continues to deny it violated the Michigan privacy law but agreed to the settlement in order to avoid future litigation. The $50 million settlement is the largest of its kind according to lawyers of the plaintiffs, as it eclipsed the $16.375 million settlement reached by Consumers Union.
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