Amy Heath and Kathryn Cahoy of Covington and Burling write: The Ninth Circuit recently held that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to regulate the online collection of personal information from children under the age of 13, does not preempt consistent state law, potentially increasing the risk of…
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Meta sues “scraping-for-hire” service that sells user data to law enforcement
Dan Goodwin reports: Meta said it’s suing “scraping-for-hire” service Voyager Labs for allegedly using fake accounts, proprietary software, and a sprawling network of IP addresses to surreptitiously collect massive amounts of personal data from users of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social networking sites. “Defendant created and used over 38,000 fake Facebook user accounts and…
Fairfax County Public Schools Trains Staff to Thwart FERPA Requests: Don’t Put it in Writing
Special Education Action raises serious concerns about Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. Ironically, FCPS has also appeared on DataBreaches.net over its data security concerns. So what’s the situation? The district allegedly tries to avoid creating records that would be subject to FERPA requests, but also fails to properly secure the records and data it…
Schools sue social networks, claim they “exploit neurophysiology” of kids’ brains
Jon Brodkin reports: A lawsuit filed by Seattle Public Schools alleges that social media is one of the main causes of “a youth mental health crisis” and blames social media companies for “exploit[ing] the neurophysiology” of kids’ brains. Arguing that social media companies are violating the state public nuisance law, the lawsuit seeks financial damages…