Sephora settles case for misuse of customer data
The company's targeted advertising practices allegedly violated the California Consumer Protection Act.
R.J.
Cross
New Economy, Advocate, PIRG; Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Started on staff: 2016
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of Kansas
R.J. focuses on manipulative advertising and the commercialization of personal data online as a part of her work to advance PIRG’s New Economy program. In her work at Frontier Group, she has authored research reports on government transparency, predatory auto lending and consumer debt. She was previously the tax and budget advocate for PIRG. When she’s not protecting the public interest, she is an avid reader, fiction writer and birder.
Posts by R.J. Cross
Do you know where your data is? Because Facebook doesn’t.
Facebook isn’t sure where all the data it collects on its users goes. Apparently neither is Twitter.
Window for FTC public comment on rules to rein in predatory auto lending closes Monday
The FTC wants to hear from anyone who has been pressured, swindled or misled at the dealership.
PIRG’s comments to the FTC commercial data forum
There are real harms when corporate actors monetize our personal data. The time to act is now.