Tonya Riley reports: The first updates to the Federal Trade Commission’s children’s privacy rules in more than a decade leave students and educators without stronger tools to protect their privacy. The final rules unveiled Thursday, dropped an earlier proposal the FTC had floated to rein in educational technology providers. The proposals would have barred ed tech companies from…
FTC Puts the Brakes on GM Sharing Drivers’ Location and Driving Behavior Without Consent
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against General Motors (GM) and OnStar over allegations they collected, used, and sold drivers’ precise geolocation data and driving behavior information from millions of vehicles—data that can be used to set insurance rates—without adequately notifying consumers and obtaining their affirmative consent. Under a proposed order settling the FTC’s allegations, General Motors…
Google, YouTube Users Advance Privacy Suit Over Children’s Data
Christopher Brown reports: Google LLC and YouTube LLC must face some claims of a long-running proposed class action alleging they collected information concerning children who watched videos on their channels in violation of state privacy and consumer-protection laws. The plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that Google and YouTube engaged in highly offensive behavior in collecting children’s information without…
DOJ discloses operation that wiped China-backed malware from thousands of US computers
This sounds great until you start wondering, “Wait a second. Did they access U.S. computers of private citizens without a warrant?” Jackson Healy reports: The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that they had removed invasive malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers that were targeted by hackers funded by the People’s Republic of China….