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The pair of Senators who are calling for an investigation of YouTube’s practices have pushed for new children’s privacy protections.
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Arkansas and Utah have already passed restrictions and at least seven other states and Congress are considering similar age requirements.
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Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China.
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By Deeba Ahmed
The FTC has announced to charge Epic Games with a $520 million settlement concerning the alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
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Epic will adopt privacy settings for kids and teens that turn off voice and text communications by default.
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The groups say the bill has laudable goals but could come with unintended consequences for vulnerable children.
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Researchers have found some daycare apps share information such as the number of diaper changes with third-parties without disclosing it.
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Federal privacy legislation fails to gain momentum in the Senate.
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The crackdown comes as lawmakers look to update children’s privacy protections.
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The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department slapped a children’s weight loss app with a $1.5 million penalty and an order to delete data it collected on thousands of children under 13 allegedly without proper parental consent. The complaint from the FTC and DOJ alleges that Kurbo by WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) failed to properly verify parental consent for users under 13 and made it easy for hundreds of users who identified as 13 or older during the signup process to then later change their age in the app. It also alleges the app didn’t properly notify parents who signed up on their children’s behalf about the extent of the data collected by the app. Both practices, the FTC said, violate a decades-old federal children’s privacy law for users under 13 known as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). “Weight Watchers and Kurbo marketed weight management services for […]
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