Cecilia Kang of the Washington Post broke the story the other day, but now it’s up on the FTC’s site: The operator of fan websites for music stars Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by…
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Privacy Advocates and Advertisers at Odds Over Web Tracking
Kevin J. O’Brien reports: An effort to develop an easy way for consumers around the world to avoid being tracked and targeted by Internet advertisers appeared to hit an impasse Thursday, as privacy advocates and industry representatives accused each other of scuttling the process. The closed-door meeting organized by W3C, the global standards group that…
Documents Obtained by ACLU Shed Light on Other Telecom Surveillance Techniques
Allie Bohm writes: For the past year, the ACLU has been gathering information on local law enforcement agencies’ use of cell phone location tracking. (We’ve written about what we’ve learned here, here, here, here, and here.) In addition to everything we’ve discovered about location tracking itself, we’ve also learned about a number of other techniques law enforcement and the telcos can…
Bieber, Rihanna fan sites agree to $1 million FTC settlement for collecting information about children
Cecilia Kang reports: The operator of fan sites for musicians Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Demi Lovato have agreed to pay a $1 million fine for illegally collecting information about underage users, a violation of child online privacy laws. The Federal Trade Commission said the proposed settlement with New York-based Artist Arena still must be approved by a judge. An…