- 'EARN IT' Act Threatens Privacy And Cybersecurity, Critics Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 4, 2022
The "sadly misguided" EARN IT Act "will not protect children, stop t ...
- Meta's Oculus Headsets May Put Children's Privacy at Risk
Social Media Insider, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, January 19, 2022
NordVPN, which provides virtual private network services, cites involuntary data collection ...
- Pipette Effort Features 'Real' Parenting Moments
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, January 16, 2022
"This age of social-media-perfected parenting is dismissive to real struggles and ...
- Apple Prevails In Battle Over 'Loot Boxes'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Apple has defeated a lawsuit accusing the company of violating California consum ...
- CARU Begins Monitoring 'Child-Directed' Ads In Digital Media, Vows To Take Action To Enforce It
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
The guidelines address the growth of online platforms and new immersive for ...
- Amazon And Families End Privacy Battle Over 'Voiceprint' Collection
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 24, 2021
A group of parents who sued Amazon for allegedly collecting their children ...
- Google To Scan Files In Its Cloud Services For Illegal, Harmful Content
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 20, 2021
A Google policy announced last week gives the company permission to sc ...
- FTC: OpenX Collected Personal Info From Kids, Location Data From Opted-Out Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 16, 2021
Ad-tech company OpenX will pay $2 million to settle accusations that ...
- Kids Are Biggest Influencers To Parents, Merkle Study Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 16, 2021
Merkle, a data-driven tech company owned by Dentsu, has released its 20 ...
- Court Urged To Revive Children's Privacy Claims Against YouTube, Channel Operators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 14, 2021
"This case involves the deliberate violation of the privacy rights of millio ...
- Google Settles Battle With New Mexico AG By Funding New Children's Privacy Initiative
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Google will pay $3.8 million to fund a new children's privacy initiati ...
- Lawmakers Propose Ban On 'Dark Patterns' That Trick People Into Ceding Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced a bipartisan "dark patterns" bill that takes a ...
- Coalition Campaigns For Design Code To Protect Kids Online
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, December 2, 2021
The "Designed With Kids in Mind" coalition will push for legislation a ...
- 'Highlights For Children,' Ocean Spray, Team To Provide 'Fun With A Purpose' In Schools
Publishers Daily, Tony Silber - Tuesday, November 9, 2021
The brands will be offering teachers and parents free, downloadable "Highlights"-created mi ...
- Google Lets Kids Request Removal Of Self-Images In Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Google introduced a tool Wednesday to give minors more control of self-imag ...
- Senators Grill TikTok, Snap, YouTube: 'The Bar Is In The Gutter'
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Senators on Tuesday confronted executives from TikTok, Snap and YouTube with horr ...
- House Republicans Want YouTube, TikTok, Snap To Turn Over Research About Minors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 25, 2021
Republican lawmakers are asking the companies for internal research related to the ...
- Australia Considers Social Media Privacy Rules To Protect Children
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 25, 2021
Australia is considering data-privacy rules that could make it illegal for social-med ...
- FTC Urged To Police Teen Privacy On Instagram, YouTube, Other Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2021
"The need to protect young people from privacy threats online is mo ...
- Slew Of Apps In Addition To Instagram Being Analyzed Amidst Child Safety Concerns
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 8, 2021
The delay of Instagram's app for kids highlights a need for tight ...
- Facebook Puts Brakes On Instagram Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 27, 2021
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a blog post: "This will gi ...
- 'Listen Campaign' Aims To Ease Plight Of At-Risk Kids Worldwide
MAD, Todd Wasserman - Monday, September 20, 2021
Over the next decade, the campaign aims to provide $1 billion ...
- Lawmakers Urge Facebook To Halt Plans To Launch New Platforms For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
A trio of Democratic lawmakers are urging Facebook to immediately cease effor ...
- Apple Has Scanned iCloud Emails For Child Sexual Abuse Content Since 2019: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 27, 2021
The news follows the announcement that Apple will begin scanning photos ...
- Google Battles New Mexico Over Attempt To Revive Claims Of Students' Privacy Violations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Last year, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas alleged in a lawsu ...
- Google And New Mexico Reach Settlement Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 23, 2021
If finalized, the deal will resolve claims that AdMob facilitated tracking f ...
- Apple Faces Growing Criticism Over Smartphone Scanning Plan
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 12, 2021
"Apple's current path threatens to undermine decades of work by technologists, academi ...
- Google Ads To Block Targeting Based On Age, Gender, Interests For Kids
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Google Ads in the coming months will expand its safeguards to preve ...
- Aristotle Removed From COPPA 'Safe Harbor' Program
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The FTC has removed Aristotle from the roster of self-regulatory organizations authoriz ...
- YouTube, Hasbro And Others Defeat Children's Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
A federal judge on Monday officially dismissed a class-action complaint accusing YouTu ...