Collaborate Disseminate
The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19. Continue reading Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics
If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator. Continue reading Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16
The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data. Continue reading YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
YouTube can’t track kids online anymore without their parents’ permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m. Continue reading YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online
It’s been a predator’s playground, where children’s photos have been public by default and trolling adults could message them. Continue reading TikTok to pay record fine for collecting children’s data
New Mexico’s AG filed a lawsuit accusing a popular app maker, plus Google’s and Twitter’s ad platforms, of illegally collecting kids’ data. Continue reading 91 “child friendly” Android apps accused of exploitation
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
The FTC said VTech transmitted and stored information without intrusion prevention, detection or encryption, in spite of policy claims. Continue reading Smart-toymaker VTech fined over charges of violating child privacy law
Do kids that young “need” a parent-sanctioned chat app? Facebook thinks so. Continue reading Facebook brings Messenger to kids as young as 6
Tools built in to Disney apps collect, track and share personal data in breach of law designed to protect kids, alleges lawsuit Continue reading Parents sue Disney over breaching privacy rules in kids’ apps