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Data-Mining Kids: Internet Players Are Agile, Mobile, And Hostile
That’s what legendary Texas Longhorns coach Darrell Royal said he wanted hisplayers to be – except he pronounced it a-gile, mo-bile, and hos-tile. But that’s what the Federal Trade Commission does not want current kids’ app developers to be in tracking them on tablets and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, FTC, Google, lobby, mobile apps, PBS NewsHour, Sneak ADtack, tracking, Waldorf-Astoria, Wall Street Journal
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On Children’s Privacy, No More Kid Gloves For Federal Government
The Obama administration is cracking down on data minors. Details at the excellently renovated (thanks, Diana & Gabby!) Sneak Adtack.
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Tagged data minors, Diana Tan, FTC, Gabriella McNevin, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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Attack Of The Googletron
There’s bad news and worse news about Internet privacy these days. The bad news (via the Boston Globe): As the online search giant Google Inc. prepares to change the way it uses information about Internet users, regulators and consumer watchdogs worry … Continue reading