Reading news while I have my first coffee on the day and I get to Bloomberg’s Technology site. And what are the first headlines I see? Google Settles Privacy Case Over Street View for $13 Million Google agreed to pay $13 million to end long-running litigation over claims that it violated a U.S. wiretapping law…
Category: Govt
Report: YouTube to pay FTC fine over kids’ data protection
AP reports: Google is expected to pay a multimillion dollar penalty from the Federal Trade Commission over its handling of kids’ information on its popular video site YouTube. That’s according to a Washington Post report that Google has reached a settlement with the agency. The FTC was reportedly investigating YouTube for violating a federal law…
FTC Seeks Comments on Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule
FTC to host workshop on COPPA in October as part of initiative In light of continued rapid changes in technology, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on the effectiveness of the amendments the agency made to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) in 2013 and whether additional changes are needed. The COPPA…
FBI Wants To Ramp Up Social Media Surveillance
Tyler Durden reports: The FBI plans to step up its efforts to gather information from social media – issuing a call last week for a new tool to monitor Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms “in a timely fashion.” Citing the use of social media by terrorist groups, domestic threats, criminal organizations and foreign intelligence services, the…