|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
|
12/27/2011 |
Groups
ask regulators to stop the online
tracking of children |
The Hill |
Gautham Nagesh |
A coalition of advocacy groups has
endorsed the Federal Trade Commission's
updates to the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act. |
|
12/13/2011 |
Webkinz
children's site is subject of complaint
to FTC |
Los Angeles Times |
|
A child advocacy group has filed a
complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission alleging a Canadian company
violated provisions of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act with its
interactive children's website. |
|
12/7/2011 |
Commissioner Brill: COPPA Needs To Be
Fixed, Not Abandoned |
IAPP |
Jedidiah Bracy |
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill equates the
current privacy paradigm to the age-old
"tenet of the toddler room: share, don't
take." |
|
12/1/2011 |
EU, tech
firms link up to protect children online |
Reuters |
Christopher le Coq |
A report on a coalition that includes
the European Commission and 28
technology companies working together to
better protect children on the Web with
such initiatives as an age-based privacy
ratings system. |
|
11/25/2011 |
Check
privacy policy on "Dear Santa" Web sites |
The Augusta Chronicle |
Kelvin Collins |
The Better Business Bureau and the
Children's Advertising Review Unit
(CARU) are advising parents to carefully
review "Dear Santa" websites before
allowing their children to write letters
to Santa. |
|
9/15/2011 |
FTC Seeks
Comment on Proposed Revisions to
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Rule |
Federal Trade Commission |
Federal Trade Commission |
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is
seeking public comment on proposed
amendments to the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Rule. |
|
9/7/2011 |
Apps,
social networks pose new threat to kids |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
A report on the likelihood that social
networks and mobile apps could violate
the privacy of the children and teens
who use them. |
|
8/15/2011 |
Mobile
Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It
Violated Children's Privacy Rule |
Federal Trade Commission |
Federal Trade Commission |
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
announced that it has fined a mobile
apps developer $50,000 for violating the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA). |
|
7/11/2011 |
Social
Networks: Thinking Of The Children |
National Public Radio |
Linton Weeks |
While the dangers of children using
online networks are well documented,
some believe that social networking
tools may help children learn
communication and technical skills that
will serve them throughout their lives. |
|
7/1/2011 |
The
Privacy Startups: Building A Social
Network For The Under-13 Crowd |
Paid Content |
Joe Mullin |
With the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) regulating how
the information of children younger than
13 years of age is collected and used,
online social networking sites have
largely excluded the age group. |
|
6/23/2011 |
Government turns spotlight on child ID
theft problem |
CreditCards.com |
Marcia Frellick |
A report on government efforts to
educate parents on preventing children's
identity theft following a Carnegie
Mellon report that found 10 percent of
children's Social Security numbers being
used by at least one other person. |
|
2/23/2011 |
Google
rescinds request for children's
sensitive data |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
A report on Google's decision to stop
asking children's parents to submit
partial Social Security numbers (SSNs)
for a drawing contest. |
|
2/22/2011 |
No Big
Deal, But Google May Have Promoted a
Contest to Get Kids’ Social Security
Numbers [Updated] |
New York Magazine |
Nitasha Tiku |
A report on an art contest for kids that
collected personally identifiable data. |
|
1/27/2011 |
Children's Online Privacy Advocates Call
for Better Protection for Teens |
BroadcastingCable.com |
John Eggerton |
The recently released Department of
Commerce green paper on commercial data
privacy does not sufficiently protect
adolescents. |
|
12/14/2010 |
Check
privacy policies on 'Dear Santa'
websites |
WTAM Radio |
Colleen O'Neill |
Sue McConnell of the Cleveland Better
Business Bureau warns parents to check
out Santa web sites before allowing kids
to use them. |
|
11/2/2010 |
Call to
boycott Barbie with built-in camera |
Sydney Morning Herald |
Daniella Meletic |
Barbie may be getting older, but she is
certainly keeping up with new
technology--with her most recent
iteration, complete with a built-in
camera, raising privacy concerns. |
|
10/19/2010 |
72% of
parents monitor their kid's facebook
page |
Network World |
Carrie Ann Skinner |
A recent TRUSTe survey found that nearly
72 percent of parents monitor their
children's social networking accounts
and even more know how much time their
teens spend online and the types of
photos they share. |
|
10/7/2010 |
Study: 82
percent of kids under 2 have an online
presence |
CNN |
Mark Milian |
The security firm AVG has released study
results that show 82 percent of kids
under the age of two in 10 nations have
an online presence. |
|
9/17/2010 |
On the
Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking |
Wall Street Journal |
Steve Stecklow |
The Wall Street Journal reports that in
its recent investigation into online
privacy, it found that children are
targeted for tracking on the Web more
than adults. |
|
9/12/2010 |
Misguided
use of microchip technology |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Editorial |
A child tracking initiative that uses
microchips to take attendance has
created "very real privacy and safety
concerns." |
|
7/1/2010 |
Stronger
online privacy protection for children
sought |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
Seventeen advocacy groups want the FTC
to increase privacy protections for
children on the Internet. |
|
6/22/2010 |
Survey:
Privacy doesn't matter to kids engaging
in risky online behaviors |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
A report on survey results that indicate
teenagers often participate in risky
behaviors online. |
|
6/4/2010 |
Report
urges more education about online safety |
Washington Post |
Cecilia Kang |
As Congress and the Federal Trade
Commission reexamine the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act, a
government-appointed review group says
parents and educators need to place a
greater emphasis on safe Internet
practices for children. |
|
6/3/2010 |
Close-up
on COPPA at FTC Roundtable |
IAPP |
Angelique Carson |
At the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)
public roundtable, panelists offered
differing views about which aspects of
the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA) are sufficient and which
should be modified to better protect
children. |
|
4/5/2010 |
FTC eyes COPPA, mobile Web rules for
possible revision |
The Hill |
Tony Romm |
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is
considering changes to its rules
requiring Web sites to seek parental
consent to collect information from
children under the age of 13. |
|
1/6/2010 |
FTC Seeks
Public Comment on Program to Keep Web
Site Operators in Compliance With the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Rule |
Federal Trade Commission |
|
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this
week issued a call for public comment on
a set of proposed guidelines to help
businesses comply with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). |
|
12/4/2009 |
DOD nixes
vendor of online monitoring software
over privacy concerns |
Computerworld |
Jaikumar Vijayan |
The Department of Defense has suspended
a software vendor from selling its
products on a department shopping portal
due to privacy concerns. |
|
10/20/2009 |
Iconix
Brand Group Settles Charges Its Apparel
Web Sites Violated Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act |
Federal Trade Commission |
|
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. will pay a
$250,000 civil penalty to settle Federal
Trade Commission charges that it
violated the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's
COPPA Rule, according to an FTC press
release. |
|
9/30/2009 |
Privacy
group logs FTC complaint over Echometrix |
Research |
Brian Tarran |
The Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC) has filed a complaint with
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
claiming that marketing-intelligence
software maker Echometrix violates the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA) and the Federal Trade Commission
Act. |
|
8/4/2009 |
Child-Proofing Your Ads: New Maine Law
Restricts Marketing to Minors |
Law.com |
Harry Valetk |
Harry Valetk, CIPP, discusses a new
Maine law that "broadly restricts" using
personal information about minors for
marketing products or services. |
|
4/21/2009 |
Court
backs children's privacy |
The Daily Iowan |
ZHI XIONG |
The state Supreme Court affirmed
children's privacy rights with an April
17 ruling: Parents do not have
unconditional access to their children's
health records. |
|
4/18/2009 |
Iowa
court says child's health records
protected |
AP via Chicago Tribune |
|
In a decision that child advocates say
extends new privacy rights to children,
the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a
child's mental health records can be
kept private from a parent. |
|
3/30/2009 |
Jonas
Brothers Site Cited for Violating
Children's Privacy |
BNET |
Jim Edwards |
The operator of a Web site for Jonas
Brothers' fans has promised to change
its policies following a query by the
Children's Advertising Review Unit
(CARU). |
|
1/13/2009 |
No Easy
Answer for Protecting Kids Online |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
A report commissioned by 49 state
attorneys general on children's online
safety was released today. |
|
12/12/2008 |
FTC: Sony
to pay $1 million to settle privacy suit |
Associated Press |
|
Sony Music Entertainment will pay $1
million to settle Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) charges that it
violated the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA). |
|
12/10/2008 |
US sues
Sony Music over children's online
privacy |
Reuters |
Martha Graybow |
The U.S. government is suing Sony Music
Entertainment for violating children's
privacy rules. |
|
11/15/2008 |
Online
Age Verification for Children Brings
Privacy Worries |
New York Times |
Brad Stone |
Although age-verification systems have
long been coveted for helping protect
children online, the technologies now
emerging to satisfy that want are not
being welcomed with open arms. |
|
7/24/2008 |
Court
Nixes Law Aimed at Protecting Kids
Online |
|
Katherine Noyes |
Some privacy advocates are applauding
Tuesday's federal appeals court decision
deeming the Child Online Protection Act
(COPA) unconstitutional. |
|
1/29/2008 |
New York
Considers Anti-Online Sex Predator Bill |
IT World |
Juan Carlos Perez |
A number of New York State legislators
have proposed a bill, supported by
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, that aims
to provide safeguards from sexual
predators operating within online social
networking utilities. |
|
1/29/2008 |
New York
Considers Anti-Online Sex Predator Bill |
IT World |
Juan Carlos Perez |
A number of New York State legislators
have proposed a bill, supported by
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, that aims
to provide safeguards from sexual
predators operating within online social
networking utilities. |
|
12/12/2007 |
Report
Looks At Web Sites Popular With Children |
Telegraph.co.uk |
Harry Wallop |
The National Consumer Council has
released a report that found nearly all
of the 40 most popular Web sites visited
by children between the ages of seven
and 16 "bombard" them with advertising
and employ information-gathering tactics
that may violate data protection rules. |
|
12/12/2007 |
Report
Looks At Web Sites Popular With Children |
Telegraph.co.uk |
Harry Wallop |
The National Consumer Council has
released a report that found nearly all
of the 40 most popular Web sites visited
by children between the ages of seven
and 16 "bombard" them with advertising
and employ information-gathering tactics
that may violate data protection rules. |
|
12/6/2007 |
The
Debate Over Fingerprinting Children |
XPRESS |
Sachin Kuray |
Parent and privacy advocates say that
schools should be required to obtain
parental permission before obtaining
children's fingerprints for use to grant
access to libraries and cafeterias. |
