From EPIC.org, May 19 – The Federal Trade Commission today unanimously approved a policy statement that prioritizes enforcement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) against education technology providers and warns companies not to make surveillance a condition of accessing educational tools. The use of edtech expanded dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Children should not have…
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FTC to Crack Down on Companies that Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will crack down on education technology companies if they illegally surveil children when they go online to learn. In a new policy statement adopted today, the Commission made it clear that it is against the law for companies to force parents and schools to surrender their children’s privacy…
VPN service providers that do not comply with new guidelines can exit India: MeitY
Asheeta Regidi and Prashant Mali of NewsNine report: In a new rule issued late April, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-In) asked data centres, VPS and VPN service providers, intermediaries and crypto exchanges to store user data for at least a period of five years….
‘A Sham Website’?: Chhabria Questions Legitimacy of Plaintiff in Subpoena to Unveil Anonymous Twitter User
Meghann M. Cuniff reports: A federal judge has said he’s ready to quash a subpoena to Twitter over an anonymous user after pressing for more information about the limited liability company behind it, accusing its website of being a “sham” and suggesting its attorney doesn’t want an investigation into the people behind it. Lawrence Hadley,…