11 Jul, 2024 FTC Bans Anonymous Messaging App from Offering App to Kids Under 18; Secures $5 Million Settlement By Jordyn Milewski The FTC announced yesterday that NGL Labs (the company behind anonymous messaging app, “NGL: ask me anything”) and two of its co-founders...
27 Dec, 2023 FTC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Update COPPA Rule By Jordyn Milewski Zach Lewis Last week, the FTC issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking that will bring changes to the COPPA Rule, the set of FTC...
20 Jul, 2023 FTC Seeking Comment on COPPA Parental Consent Mechanism By Jordyn Milewski The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it is currently seeking public comments on a potential new method for obtaining...
14 Jun, 2023 Game Over: What the FTC-Microsoft COPPA Action means for the Gaming Sector By Emma Smizer Daniel Goldberg Last week, the Department of Justice with the Federal Trade Commission announced a $20 million dollar settlement with tech giant...
30 Mar, 2023 Utah Passes Restrictive Legislation for Kids on Social Media By Jordyn Milewski Emma Smizer On Thursday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox passed new legislation that curtails the use of social media for Utah residents under the age of...
26 May, 2022 FTC Warns Ed Tech Companies to Comply with COPPA By Jessica Carballo In a new policy statement, adopted last week, the Federal Trade Commission made clear that companies that provide educational software...
28 Apr, 2022 BBB Lays Out Teen Privacy Best Practices By Jessica Carballo Last week, BBB National Programs’ Center for Industry Self-Regulation announced the launch of the TeenAge Privacy Program (TAPP) Roadmap,...
05 Apr, 2022 Recent CARU Cases Emphasize Disclosure Obligations By Jessica Carballo In three recent decisions, the Children's Advertising Review Unit emphasized the importance of adequate disclosure when advertising to...
19 Oct, 2020 CARU Says: Discord Is Not Directed At Children Under 13 By Mma Afoaku In this day and age, there is a proliferation of social media networks which enable people from different ages and walks of life to...
07 Dec, 2018 AdTech Provider Hit with Record COPPA Fine By Amy Lawrence This week, the New York State Attorney General announced a $4.95 million settlement with Oath Inc., the result of an investigation into...
11 Jul, 2018 CARU Protects Privacy for Child Karaoke Stars By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The Children's Advertising Review Unit ("CARU") of the Council of Better Business Bureaus recently told StarMaker Interactive that...
25 May, 2018 CARU Recommends Kudo Modify Its Mobile Application By Dorian Thomas Through its routine monitoring, the Children's Advertising Review Unit ("CARU") became aware of Kudos & Co. ("Kudos") and its mobile...
30 Apr, 2018 CARU Refers Social Network App Musical.ly to FTC By Dorian Thomas Through its routine monitoring of advertising directed toward children, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) became aware of...
10 Jan, 2018 COPPA Violation Results in $650,000 Penalty By Greg Boyd A complaint by the DOJ and FTC stated that the Kid Connect application by VTech collected children's information in violation of COPPA...
08 Feb, 2017 Obama’s Last Word on Privacy? By Daniel Goldberg In one of its final acts in office, on January 17, 2017, the Obama Administration released a report on privacy entitled “Privacy in our...