Newington, CT asked in Communications Law and Federal Crimes for Massachusetts

Q: Do I have a COA? I submitted a complaint to the FTC, but they'll only use the information in general, not on my behalf.

Shutterfly, without my authorization, basically set up an open "portal" to over 10k photos on my phone found in 18 different apps-- Google Photos, Cloud, Camera, even Reddit. I never, ever would allow any person or company to do this- there are screenshots of medical reports, financial documents, communications with attorneys, etc. I opened the SF account to share a limited number of specific photos with my brother. It was a one time event, for those images only, each of which was uploaded either as single photo or contained in a small album created just for that purpose- meaning it in no way opened the door for Shutterfly to access any other photos or albums anywhere on my phone. Shutterfly even has a list of 4 platforms - Instagram, Google, Amazon, FB- that you can select to give access permission. NONE of these were "on" in my account.

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