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A bill proposed in the US House of Representatives on Jan. 9 aims to give parents greater control over the data collected about their children by amending the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), which imposes requirements on… Continue reading Bipartisan bill in U.S. Congress seeks to help parents control data collected on kids
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
Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again. Continue reading FTC warns Christmas buyers that smart toys are a security risk
The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap. Continue reading TikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed
Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine. Continue reading US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy
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
Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay a record $170 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General that the YouTube video sharing service illegally collected personal information from children… Continue reading Google to pay $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube
It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue. Continue reading YouTube reportedly to be fined up to $200m over COPPA investigation
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
It’s already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations. Continue reading TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety