Sears Smacked Over Badware

January 9, 2008

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Sears Smacked Over Badware

A software application from the holding company for Sears and K-Mart have the folks at StopBadware.org requesting changes to it. Sears Smacked Over Badware' /></p>
Much of the kerfuffle over the Sears Holding Corporation's 'My SHC Community' application got rolling with spyware researcher Ben Edelman. He commented on the <a href= installation of ComScore tracking software with My SHC, suggesting the tracking to take place is not clearly disclosed to novice computer users.

He followed that up with an even more astonishing disclosure that , to anyone in an easy fashion. The disclosures violate Sears own privacy policy.

Privacy problems continued to mount when Fortunately, both Sears and ComScore have averred they will take steps to address the The statement Murdok received from StopBadware said SHC has halted further downloads of the My SHC application until they update the disclosure and privacy policy language, and make an icon available for the application in the Start Menu to identify itself.

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