A Public Service Announcement from the FBI. Sep 13, 2018 Alert Number I-091318-PSA The FBI is encouraging public awareness of cyber threat concerns related to K-12 students. The US school systems’ rapid growth of education technologies (EdTech) and widespread collection of student data could have privacy and safety implications if compromised or exploited. EdTech can…
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How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data
A lawsuit by New Mexico’s attorney general accuses a popular app maker, as well as online ad businesses run by Google and Twitter, of violating children’s privacy law. Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Natasha Singer, Aaron Krolik and Michael H. Keller report: Before Kim Slingerland downloaded the Fun Kid Racing app for her then-5-year-old son, Shane, she checked…
The Significance to Businesses of the California Legislature’s Last-Minute Revisions to the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP write: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the nation’s broadest privacy protection statute, was enacted by the California Legislature in June 2018 as part of a last-minute deal to stop a proposed statewide ballot measure that could have ushered in an even stricter privacy law. We have written about…
Some of the Mac App Store’s biggest security apps found spying on users’ browsing habits
Graeme Burton reports: A number of security apps for the Apple Mac, offered via Apple’s curated Mac App Store, have been taken down after it was found that they were spying on users’ web browsing habits. Apps by the name of Dr Unarchiver, Dr Cleaner, Adware Medic, Adware Doctor and App Uninstall have all be…