Aaron’s loses appeal of computer spyware allegations cases

Class action alleging Aaron’s Inc. and a franchisee secretly collected thousands of computer webcam photos, screen shots and keystroke logs of customers will go forward, a federal appellate court has ruled. According to the lawsuits, information collected, transmitted and stored by Aaron’s (NYSE: AAN) corporate servers – without encryption – allegedly includes financial and other personal information, such as credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates, security codes, pin numbers, passwords,…