WLS reports: Four Joliet teenagers were charged with child pornography after a group sex video was posted to Twitter. The three males – ages 14, 15 and 16 – and one female, 15, all attend Joliet Central High School. They were arrested after the girl’s mother saw the video and called police. The sex was…
Category: Online
FTC Continues to Update COPPA FAQs – This Time, Guidance for Schools
Ronald London writes: Update: On March 20, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission quietly announced further slight modifications to “Part M” of its FAQs pertaining to COPPA guidance for schools. Read more on Davis Wright Tremaine Privacy & Security Law Blog.
The Netherlands: new rules for cookies, data breaches and fines
Joke Bodewits of Hogan Lovells writes: Recently, new rules on cookies (all links in Dutch) came into force in the Netherlands. In addition, the Dutch Second Chamber approved a draft bill to introduce a mandatory data breach notification requirement and to strengthen the Dutch Data Protection Authority’s investigative and fining powers. The new rules apply to all companies acting…
Twitter’s new Periscope app takes a user privacy hit
Lisa Vaas reports: Periscope, the live-streaming app that Twitter launched just last Thursday, has already had its first privacy pratfall. The glitch happens if a user forgets to turn off the Twitter button before broadcasting a private video stream, thereby meaning that the title gets shared with all the user’s followers. Read more on Naked…