How perfect is this cartoon, provided by privacy scholar and TeachPrivacy founder Dan Solove? See more on TeachPrivacy, where you can also find information on the many privacy-related courses TeachPrivacy offers and the upcoming privacy and security conferences that Dan organizes. And if you’re going to be at the International Privacy&Security Forum in D.C. April…
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TikTok Hit With $5.7 Million Fine Over Child Privacy
Krista Gmelich reports: Musical.ly, the popular teen video app now known as TikTok, will pay a record $5.7 million to settle claims by the U.S. government that it illegally collected personal information from children. Musical.ly reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency said Wednesday in a statement, resolving allegations that the social-media…
Panel scraps mental health question after law school student push
Justin Mattingly reports: The state agency that oversees qualifications for the Virginia State Bar will no longer ask students to disclose mental health treatment on their applications. In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking it to eliminate a portion of the…
Mark your calendar: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to Hold Hearings on Privacy: February 27
Seen on Hunton Andrews Kurth: On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing titled “Privacy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States.” The hearing will focus on potential Congressional action to “address risks to consumers and implement data privacy protections for all…