Reuters reports: Four U.S. senators, including a China hawk, urged the Federal Trade Commission on Friday to investigate allegations that the popular video app TikTok violated a consent decree protecting children’s privacy. In their letter, lawmakers noted a report by the Center for Digital Democracy, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and others saying that Chinese-owned…
Category: Youth & Schools
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
BBC reports: A woman must delete photographs of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents’ permission, a court in the Netherlands has ruled. It ended up in court after a falling-out between the woman and her daughter. The judge ruled the matter was within the scope of the EU’s General…
Swiss Game Developer Settles FTC Allegations Over COPPA Safe Harbor Claims
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 19, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it reached an agreement with Swiss digital game developer Miniclip, S.A. (“Miniclip”) to settle allegations that Miniclip misled consumers about its membership in a COPPA safe harbor program. In 2009, Miniclip joined the FTC-approved Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) COPPA safe harbor…
City School District Disabled Cameras On Student-Issued Computers Because of Privacy Concerns
Sarah Schneider reports: The 23,000 students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools district cannot see their teachers when they’re asking questions or completing assignments. The district chose to disable computer cameras that would allow video conversations because of privacy concerns. Read more on WESA.