March 29 – The Federal Trade Commission has denied an application, without prejudice, by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome for Commission approval of a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule). The applicants in 2023 requested approval for the use of “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation” technology, which…
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Judge OKs Wiretapping Claims in Hospital Pixel Tracking Case
Tonya Riley reports: A Minnesota health system accused of using Meta Platforms Inc.’s Pixel tracking technology to profit off patient surveillance must face wiretapping claims, ruled a federal judge. United State District Judge Katherine M. Menendez denied on Thursday North Memorial Health Care’s motion to dismiss wiretapping claims under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and…
Unsealed Documents Provide More Details On Federal Investigators’ YouTube Dragnet
Tim Cushing writes: Earlier this week, reporting by Thomas Brewster for Forbes uncovered yet another way law enforcement is expecting companies like Google to perform their investigative work for them. For a few years now, we’ve covered the use of geofence warrants capable of turning multiple people into criminal suspects, as well as the even more dubious “keyword” warrants, which turns anyone…
Meta Can’t Delay FTC Review of Privacy Terms, Appeals Court Says
Kartikay Mehrotra reports: Meta Platforms Inc. failed to convince a federal appeals court to postpone the US Federal Trade Commission’s reexamination of alleged privacy breaches within its Facebook arm. The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that Meta “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” for an injunction pending appeal for any of…