Collaborate Disseminate
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates. Continue reading Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved. Continue reading Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole
The new policy: Ditch third-party trackers in apps designed for youngsters, lest the app get booted out of the App Store. Continue reading Apple bans ads, third-party tracking in apps meant for kids
The COPPA overhaul would ban targeting ads at kids under 13 and ad targeting based on race, socioeconomics or geolocation on kids under 15. Continue reading New bill would give parents an ‘Eraser Button’ to delete kids’ data
A UK children’s charity has found that children as young as eight are being sexually exploited online via social media. Continue reading Kids as young as eight falling victim to online predators
Attackers can boobytrap what should be access to only parent-vetted sites and can take over the webcam, speakers and microphone. Continue reading Kids’ VTech tablets vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers
Large numbers of child-centred Android apps may be breaking US law. Continue reading Google in hot water over privacy of Android apps for kids
A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google’s YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children’s privacy. Continue reading YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims
YouTube is apologizing, again, uttering the tried-and-true “we have to do better.” Continue reading YouTube Kids hasn’t cleaned up its act
My approach to keeping my kid safe online is easy right now because she’s a baby and it’s all fully under my control. My main concern is her future privacy, and I know it only gets harder from here. Continue reading Keeping kids safe online – trying to practice what I preach