Privacy and Security – Archives
SEC Boards the Blogging Bandwagon
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously yesterday to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities laws via websites and blogs.
“The last time the SEC issued guidance in this area, the idea of ’social networks’ hadn’t yet been developed, and creating a social network where shareholders could [...]
UPDATED: eBay Inc Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
eBay reported second quarter 2008 earnings results a few minutes ago. The company posted second quarter revenue of $2.20 billion, up $361 million from the same period last year. Net income on a GAAP basis was $460 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income was $568 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. [...]
UPDATED: eBay Wins Tiffany Court Case
Monday, July 14th, 2008
It appears that the court has rejected Tiffany’s lawsuit against eBay. Tiffany had argued in the lawsuit that eBay should be held liable for trademark infringement on the basis that significant volumes of silver jewelry merchandise that Tiffany contends are counterfeit have been made available for sale on eBay’s website. As a matter [...]
Positive news about Neutrals not being Negative
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
In my final blog post from eBay Live! I referenced a conversation I had with Marcia Cooper and Harvey Levine of GeneralEnterprises.net in which we talked at great length about a single neutral feedback negatively affecting their status on eBay given the recent changes to the Feedback system. As certified eBay Education Specialists, they [...]
Stranded
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The Points of Light eStore has been closed due to irregularities discovered in the fulfillment of travel packages. As a result, fulfillment of travel originating after July 15, 2008 was suspended. The store was run by an independent contractor.
In discussions with internal sources, I learned that the management of Points of Light Institute, a nonprofit [...]
No Phishing Allowed
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
eBay, PayPal and Google have partnered together to ensure that Google’s Gmail (https://mail.google.com) service will automatically detect PayPal and eBay phishing e-mails and prevent them from reaching your Gmail inbox.
“We’re very excited that Google has taken this step and is working with us to help protect your online safety,” said Michael Barrett, the chief information [...]
eBay Vows to Fight Following Overreach by LVMH
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Earlier today, the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris, France ordered eBay to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) in damages to the French luxury goods company Louis Vuitton (LVMH), regarding the sale of counterfeits online.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by LVMH back in the Fall of 2006. Since that time eBay has invested [...]
eBay Launches “Call for Action” Campaign in Europe
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
eBay launched a long-term Call for Action campaign in Brussells yesterday, aimed at reforming the current European Union (EU) Competition, Consumer and Trademark Law. The launch meeting called on the EU to modernize competition, consumer and trademark law in order to address what it labeled “digital protectionism.”
The key speakers at the event (in the photo [...]
eBay Live! 2008 is upon us…
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Quite a bit of news coming out of the first day of eBay Live! 08 today. A press release was issued earlier today outlining how eBay plans to improve protections for buyers and sellers. Buyers who pay with PayPal will be protected on eligible transactions for 100% of an item’s purchase price - with no [...]
And so ends eBay DevCon08…
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
As the sun sets on this year’s eBay Developer’s Conference I need to splash some water on my face and get ready for eBay Live! staff orientation this evening.
I found the last couple of days incredibly informative and invigorating to be honest. Each conversation uncovered another layer of possibility for eBay users. For example, [...]
