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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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Microsoft to Pay $20 Million to Settle US FTC Charges for Violating Children's Privacy
Microsoft had been charged with violating the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
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Google Acted Against Over 3,500 Loan Apps in India in 2022 for Violating Play Store Policy
Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
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Government Working on New Data Protection Bill, Digital India Act, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.
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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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Thousands Of Android Apps May Be Illegally Tracking Children, Study Finds
Thousands of free, popular children's apps available on the Google Play Store could be violating child privacy laws, according to a new, large-scale study, highlighting growing criticism of Silicon Valley's data collection efforts.
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Facebook Data Privacy: Mark Zuckerberg Says No Plans To Extend European Privacy Law Globally
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.
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US tightens rules protecting children's online privacy
The US government announced tighter rules to protect children's online privacy by restricting the collection of data, like the child's location, unless parents consent.
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Government investigating makers of cellphone apps
The device ID is a string of letters or numbers that uniquely identifies each mobile device and can represent a pathway to more personal information.
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Delta Airlines sued over mobile app privacy policy
The lawsuit alleges the site lacks privacy warnings even though it collects customer's full name, telephone number and other sensitive information.
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FTC to fine Warner Music unit $1 million for violating child privacy law
The FTC is proposing to fine a unit of Warner Music Group Corp. $1 million for violating a child privacy law in the operation of fan websites.
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5.6 million 12-year olds still on Facebook: Study
An estimated 5.6 million Facebook clients about 3.5 percent of its US users are children who the company says are banned from the site.
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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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Microsoft to Pay $20 Million to Settle US FTC Charges for Violating Children's Privacy
Microsoft had been charged with violating the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
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Google Acted Against Over 3,500 Loan Apps in India in 2022 for Violating Play Store Policy
Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
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Government Working on New Data Protection Bill, Digital India Act, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.
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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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Thousands Of Android Apps May Be Illegally Tracking Children, Study Finds
Thousands of free, popular children's apps available on the Google Play Store could be violating child privacy laws, according to a new, large-scale study, highlighting growing criticism of Silicon Valley's data collection efforts.
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Facebook Data Privacy: Mark Zuckerberg Says No Plans To Extend European Privacy Law Globally
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.
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US tightens rules protecting children's online privacy
The US government announced tighter rules to protect children's online privacy by restricting the collection of data, like the child's location, unless parents consent.
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Government investigating makers of cellphone apps
The device ID is a string of letters or numbers that uniquely identifies each mobile device and can represent a pathway to more personal information.
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Delta Airlines sued over mobile app privacy policy
The lawsuit alleges the site lacks privacy warnings even though it collects customer's full name, telephone number and other sensitive information.
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FTC to fine Warner Music unit $1 million for violating child privacy law
The FTC is proposing to fine a unit of Warner Music Group Corp. $1 million for violating a child privacy law in the operation of fan websites.
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5.6 million 12-year olds still on Facebook: Study
An estimated 5.6 million Facebook clients about 3.5 percent of its US users are children who the company says are banned from the site.
