Cho Mu-Hyun reports: Video sharing platform TikTok has been fined by a South Korea regulator for mishandling child data. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the country’s telecommunications watchdog, said it has fined the company 186 million won — around $155,000 — for failing to protect users’ private data. Read more on ZDNet.
Category: Youth & Schools
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation survey an ‘egregious’ privacy breach: commissioner
Ryan Kessler reports: A survey sent to 900 Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) members allowed teachers to breach the privacy of potentially thousands of students, according to the province’s privacy commissioner. […] The survey asked teachers to score students on a scale of zero to four in 16 areas, which included topics like attendance, behaviour, parent…
Social Media Platform Fined 100,000 USD by Washington State AG for COPPA Violations
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On June 24, 2020, the Washington State Attorney General (“Washington AG”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against the owners of the “We Heart It” social media platform for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and the Washington State Consumer Protection Act. Under the consent decree, the defendants…
KleptoCats Maker Settles with FTC Over Failure to Get Parental Consent
Liisa Thomas of SheppardMullin writes: HyperBeard, the makers of several children’s mobile apps (including KleptoCats), recently settled with the FTC over failure to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s personal information online, in violation of COPPA. In its complaint, the FTC argued that the HyperBeard apps were clearly directed to children. The apps contained brightly-colored animated…