Items tagged with COPPA

by Nathan Ord - Mon, Oct 26, 2020

Google Removes Three Children's Apps From Play Store For Data Privacy Violations

Android has millions of users around the world, and a percentage of those users are children. When it comes to making apps for kids, developers have to abide by government rules like the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as Google’s own... Read more...

by Ryan McLaughlin - Tue, Aug 16, 2011

FTC Cracks Down On Apps Collecting Children's Data

W3 Innovations, the parent company of prominent iOS app developer Broken Thumb Apps, has today settled with the Federal Trade Commission over collection of children's personal data through its iPhone and iPod Touch applications. W3 and its subsidiary Broken Thumb Apps, which is responsible for games like Emily's Dress Up, Truth or... Read more...

by Ryan McLaughlin - Sun, Jul 17, 2011

Breaking the Rules on Google+ Gets You Google -

Google+ may be a brand-new service, but there has already been at least one case of a user breaking the rules and getting the banhammer. Google, in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, requires its users to be at least 13 years old. Last week, Alex, a 10-year-old boy from the Netherlands, created an account on... Read more...

Items tagged with COPPA

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