Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:36:08 +0000
The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AJarV9pQvjA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:10:31 +0000
Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BxgELatt-Vk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:43:26 +0000
YouTube can’t track kids online anymore without their parents’ permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ObwzofWsMw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:07:20 +0000
It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/shNXqHcY-RY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:58:00 +0000
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A2XiqyuYDg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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