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US: Hasbro and Mattel Among Toy Firms to Take New Steps in Children's Online Privacy
Sep 21, 2016Four big toy firms have agreed to terms to stop allowing third-party online marketers track the internet habits of children under 13. Hasbro and Mattel are among four toy companies who have agreed to stop allowing online marketers track ...
Tags: Hasbro, Mattel, online marketers, internet habits
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Kid-Safe Tablets and Smartphones Are Hitting The Market
Jan 9, 2014Kid-safe tablets and smartphones are hitting the market, giving parents more control over how the mobile devices are used. Hollywood studio DreamWorks has joined the move, introducing its DreamTab at this week's Consumer Electronics Show ...
Tags: kid-safe tablet, kid-safe smartphone, DreamWorks, DreamTab, Fuhu
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Comply with Children's Privacy Rules Took Effect in The U.S. Monday
Jul 3, 2013Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
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The ADA Prevents States From Enforcing Laws That Could Impact The Prices
May 16, 2013A California state court has dismissed a closely watched lawsuit charging that Delta Air Lines failed to comply with state privacy laws for mobile applications. In a brief ruling last week, California Superior Court Judge Marla Miller ...
Tags: Mobile Privacy, Computer Products
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The Wealth of Personal Data That Mobile Apps Collect Could Face Legal Punishment
Apr 15, 2013The wealth of personal data that mobile apps collect on their users needs to be conspicuously stated to consumers or developers could face legal heat, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said Wednesday. Rather than resorting to ...
Tags: App Developers, mobile apps
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APP Will Pay a $800,000 Civil Penalty to Settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission Charges
Feb 5, 2013The maker of the Path social networking app will pay a $800,000 civil penalty to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent, the agency said Friday. ...
Tags: Path social networking app, U.S.Federal Trade Commission
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The Path APP was charged by its illegal collecting users' information
Feb 4, 2013The operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The ...
Tags: Path social networking app, Federal Trade Commission, mobile device
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The FTC Released a New Privacy Report for Protecting Consumers Using Mobile Devices
Feb 4, 2013Social networking app Path settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission today, paying $800,000 for allegedly violating kids' privacy on its site. The FTC also released a new privacy report, with recommendations for protecting consumers ...
Tags: Social networking app, Path, mobile apps
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Delta Air Lines Quickly Published a Privacy Policy for Its Mobile Application on Friday
Dec 31, 2012Delta Air Lines quickly published a privacy policy for its mobile application on Friday after the company was sued by California's attorney general, but a privacy researcher has already found a fault with it and the app. Ashkan Soltani, ...
Tags: Delta Air Lines, privacy policy, mobile app, fault
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US Updated Rules Requiring Online Services to Obtain Consent From Parents
Dec 28, 2012The US Federal Trade Commission said it had updated rules requiring online services to obtain consent from parents if they are aimed at children under 13 or know that they are collecting personal information from young children. But FTC ...
Tags: online privacy, online services, Online Privacy Protection, Facebook
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California's Attorney General Has Sued Delta Air Lines
Dec 28, 2012California's attorney general has sued Delta Air Lines for failing to include a privacy policy within the company's mobile application, an alleged violation of the state's Online Privacy Protection Act. The lawsuit, filed in Superior ...
Tags: California, Delta Air Lines, privacy policy, mobile app
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The FTC Has Launched an Investigation of Several Mobile APP Makers
Dec 28, 2012Many mobile apps aimed at children collect and share personal data without notifying parents, potentially violating U.S. law, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Monday. The FTC has launched an investigation of several ...
Tags: FTC, mobile apps, children, data
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Websites,Mobile Apps Targeting Children Will Be Required to Follow New Privacy Regulations
Dec 20, 2012Websites,mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations,including getting a parent's permission before collecting geo-location information and photographs from kids,under ...
Tags: privacy regulations, FTC, COPPA
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Mobile Apps Targeting Children Will Be Required to Follow New Privacy Regulations
Dec 19, 2012Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a parent's permission before collecting geolocation information and photographs from kids, under ...
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Make Mobile Phone Apps Were Being Investigated
Dec 13, 2012SOFTWARE companies that make mobile phone apps were being investigated to determine whether they have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from phones and sharing it with advertisers and data ...
Tags: mobile phone apps, Software, apps