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Privacy Groups to FTC: Don’t Delay Coppa [Updated]

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The Federal Trade Commission is getting quite an earful over the pending July 1 implementation date for the updates to the children's online privacy laws.


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FTC Restricts Behavioral Targeting of Kids

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Flanked by the leading privacy hawks in Congress, Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz Wednesday unveiled tighter rules to strengthen kids online and mobile privacy.

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Nick Targeted in Kids’ Privacy Complaint for SpongeBob App

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Hoping to pressure the Federal Trade Commission to step up its enforcement of kids' privacy laws, the Center for Digital Democracy filed a complaint against Nickelodeon and PlayFirst's SpongeBob Diner [...]

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IAB to FTC: Don’t Be a Grinch

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Let's hope the Federal Trade Commission has a sense of humor.

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Faced With Privacy Complaint, Mobbles Pulls App

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Mobbles pre-emptively took its mobile app for kids temporarily offline this morning after learning that a privacy group would be filing a complaint against it with the Federal Trade Commission.

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Kids’ Mobile Apps Under FTC Probe for Privacy Violations

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Mobile apps for kids are still flunking in terms of privacy. Most don't even have a privacy policy and far too many kids' apps are sharing information about kids with [...]