Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Natasha Singer report: Two Democratic senators are calling on federal regulators to investigate whether children’s apps improperly collect personal data and whether app stores are misleading parents by labeling the apps as child-friendly. Senators Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission…
Category: Youth & Schools
Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Cyber Predators
Some well-intended advice that is beyond the skill set of most parents – and/or is subverted by apps, businesses, and/or school districts themselves – PogoWasRight. Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against cyber predators and privacy violators targeting your kids. Last week, we talked about the FBI’s…
As facial-recognition technology grows, so does wariness about privacy. Use at a school in Seattle fuels debate.
Rachel Lerman reports: As Mike Vance approaches the glass door that leads to RealNetworks’ engineering office, he smiles slightly at a small camera mounted in front of him. Click. The door unlocks, responding to a command from software powering the camera that recognized Vance’s face and confirmed his identity. Vance, a senior director of product…
Would you know if your child has been a victim of ID theft for the past 3 years?
Over the past few years, there have been many warnings to parents about the need to check your children’s credit report – to find out if one exists when it shouldn’t – and to take steps to protect your children from identity theft. If you don’t take steps, criminals can be misusing your children’s identity…