Penalty Amount
$400,000
Consumers Affected
400,000
Dataium settled allegations that it used history sniffing to track consumers' online browsing without consent and sold personal data of 400,000 consumers to a data broker without notice. The settlement imposes a $400,000 monetary penalty, requires a privacy program, and mandates transparency and opt-out mechanisms.
Dataium must pay $400,000 (with $301,000 suspended subject to compliance), implement a privacy program, post clear privacy notices on its website, and cease collecting browsing history without explicit disclosure and an opt-out option.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements with data analytics or data broker companies, customer contracts involving data collection, and data processing addendums. Specific clauses to scrutinize include data sharing provisions, consent mechanisms for online tracking (e.g., web tracking or history sniffing), privacy notice integrations, opt-out requirements, and third-party data transfer terms. Changes may be needed to mandate explicit consent for tracking practices, require clear disclosure of personal data sales to entities like data brokers, and enforce robust opt-out mechanisms to align with privacy laws and settlement mandates.
Entity
Dataium
Industry
TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://www.njoag.gov/acting-attorney-general-announces-settlement-resolving-allegations-data-company-engaged-in-online-aeoehistory-sniffingae%c2%9d-data-analytics-firm-serving-auto-industry-allegedly-tracked-consumers/
New Jersey Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-consumer-affairs/
"Dataium, a Tennessee-based data analytics company"
"Dataium has agreed to a $400,000 payment to the State"
"violate the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act."
"Dataium allegedly used software code to track the Web sites visited by consumers without their knowledge or consent."
"sold the personal identifying information of 400,000 consumers to Acxiom without notice to those consumers."
"400,000 consumers"
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$2.3M
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$694.0M
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$650K
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$96.5M
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