Standard Innovation Corporation is the Canadian producer of sexual toys. The intimate We-Vibe vibrating massagers which can be managed by means of smartphones enter the range of the company.
2017: Penalty for collecting of personal data
In March, 2017 it became known of intention of Standard Innovation Corporation to pay $3.75 million for settlement of the legal claim in which the Canadian company is accused of collecting of personal data of users without their permission.
The claim on behalf of two women from the American State of Illinois who preferred to save anonymity was submitted to federal court of the state of Chicago in 2016. According to the statement of authors of the complaint, Standard Innovation Corporation collected "very intimate and confidential data the" of clients using We-Vibe vibrators.
One of the women who took legal action said that after purchase of the We-Vibe Rave vibrator for $130 it downloaded the We-Connect application on the smartphone, but did not receive the notification that the producer monitors operation of the device and sends to the servers personal information, including date and time use of the vibrator, the e-mail addresses of users, frequency of application of a toy for adults, popular operation modes and even body temperature.
Standard Innovation Corporation decided to settle a dispute and agreed to compensation and elimination of the data collected using vibrators. Also the company undertook to ask further the clients about consent to transfer of personal data and not to transfer this information to third parties.
The company agreed to pay $3 million to users who loaded the We-Connect application and used it together with the vibrator and also $750 thousand that who purchased this gadget and did not use the mobile program.[1]
Earlier the head of Standard Innovations Corporation Frank Ferrari confirmed to the Fusion edition that collection of information is really conducted. It is necessary to develop a product taking into account preferences of users, he noted.
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