New COPPA Options for Verifiable Consent
Yesterday, the FTC gave its blessing to some new ways that covered organizations can obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. The updated COPPA...
View ArticleALERT: Google’s Plan to Open Its Services to Children Could Changes Spur...
Recent reports indicate that Google is developing a program that would allow children under the age of 13 to obtain accounts on Google services such as Gmail and YouTube. The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleFTC Settles Advertising-Related COPPA Charges Against Two App Developers
This week, the FTC announced settlements with two developers of children’s apps that it claimed had failed to comply the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). While any COPPA enforcement...
View ArticlePrivacy and Ed-tech in 2016
There was a lot of legislative movement for the educational technology (ed-tech) industry in 2015 with states placing additional privacy regulations on the industry, and the effects of those new acts...
View ArticleMath Question As Age-Gate and Invite-A-Friend Under Fire
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (“CARU”) routinely monitors web sites and mobile apps for compliance with its Guidelines and the Children’s Online...
View ArticleFTC Settles Complaint against Mobile Ad Network InMobi over Location-Data...
The FTC announced today that it reached a settlement with mobile ad network InMobi. InMobi offers a software-development kit (SDK) that its third-party app-developer customers can integrate into their...
View ArticleNY AG Settles with TRUSTe Over its COPPA Safe-Harbor Program
Last week, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced that it had entered into a settlement with privacy compliance company TRUSTe, signaling the AG’s continuing interest in children’s privacy...
View ArticleAre You Keeping Up with COPPA? The FTC Just Updated Its Compliance Plan for...
On June 21, 2017, the FTC released its updated its 6 step COPPA Compliance Plan for Businesses (“Compliance Plan”). The changes to the Compliance Plan are intended to help businesses keep up with...
View ArticleFTC Sets Out How Kids’ Apps Can Use Voice-Based Features under COPPA
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has indicated that operators of child-directed online services may permissibly offer voice search and similar features without first obtaining parental consent under...
View ArticleVTech to Pay $650,000 to Settle FTC COPPA Complaint
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with toy manufacturer VTech Electronics, its first action involving internet-connected toys. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that...
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