I posted this over on DataBreaches.net, but am crossposting it here because of the Fourth Amendment issue. Jeff Himler reports that the attorney for Michaela King, a former Franklin Regional School District student accused of launching cyber attacks in 2016 that affected local school districts, the Catholic diocese and Westmoreland County government, has asked the court…
Category: Youth & Schools
Electronic Toy Maker VTech Settles FTC Allegations That it Violated Children’s Privacy Law and the FTC Act
Electronic toy manufacturer VTech Electronics Limited and its U.S. subsidiary have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the company violated a U.S. children’s privacy law by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice and obtaining their parent’s consent, and failing to take reasonable steps to secure the data it…
When surveillance runs amok, this is what you get
There have been too many stories this week that I prayed – unsuccessfully – were just jokes. One involved a court opinion that FourthAmendment.com noted. Now FourthAmendment.com generally doesn’t goof around, so I was confident that this was a real case and opinion, but the case was so disturbing/bizarre that I couldn’t quite get myself…
The Internet of Toys: Legal and Privacy Issues with Connected Toys
Sara Jodka writes: … Smart toys first sparked interest in 2015 when Hello Barbie a connected-smart doll was introduced. Hello Barbie came equipped with a microphone, voice recognition software and artificial intelligence that allowed a call-and-response function between the child user and the doll (think how Siri works). The backlash and hacking concerns loomed so…