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New Survey Reveals Strong Support for Updating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): Majority express concerns about new marketing and data-collection practices
Submitted by demedia on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 05:04FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 6, 2012
New Survey Reveals Strong Support for Updating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Majority express concerns about new marketing and data-collection practices such as behavioral profiling and mobile tracking
Protecting Children Online: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)--What You Need to Know
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 15:43The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) protects children's privacy online. It is a powerful safeguard empowering parents to make decisions about how personal information from their child can be collected and used. As the Federal Trade Commission nears its historic vote to ensure that COPPA addresses the range of digital data collection practices that threaten child privacy--including from behavioral profiling and geo-location targeting--here's a brief primer.
Leadership change at W3C’s Do Not Track effort reveals lack of online industry commitment to protect Internet privacy
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 14:14EPIC & CDD ask Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw proposed changes weakening user rights and expanding data collection
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 22:58Facebook engaged in a "Thanksgiving surprise" last week, announcing changes to its "Rights and Responsibilities" system of involving users in its decisions on data collection and privacy. It also announced plans designed to make additional collection of data readily available for them to use, including from so-called affiliates. Through its Facebook Exchange and
EPIC & CDD ask FTC to investigate whether Facebook/Datalogix data deal violates Consent Decree
Submitted by demedia on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 17:17CDD and EPIC submitted this letter to the FTC today. Both groups have had a long history of monitoring Facebook's privacy and online data-related marketing practices. We have both worked to ensure that the FTC and other regulators engage in the due diligence required to ensure Facebook respects the privacy rights of its users.
Leading Consumer, Privacy, Child Advocacy & Public Health Groups Call on FTC for Stronger Children's Privacy Safeguards Under COPPA
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:17Continuing its work to protect the privacy of children under 13 in the "Big Data" era, a coalition of leading groups just filed Comments with the Federal Trade Commission on its proposed new rules under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Many of these groups worked to get the law passed back in 1998.
U.S. Consumer, Privacy and Civil Liberties Groups support EU privacy law/Weigh in to counter US critics
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 19:08FTC Proposes to rein in data brokers that target children, responding to advocates call to ensure COPPA addresses real-time targeting system
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 14:52CDD statement on today's FTC COPPA proposal.
CDD tells FCC to protect privacy and ensure consumer protection in the the Mobile Marketing/Geo-Location Targeting Era
Submitted by demedia on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 20:40CDD Opposes Facebook Sponsored Stories deal for class action: Proposed Class Action Settlement Fails to Protect Facebook Users from Comprehensive Marketing/Data System
Submitted by demedia on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 10:05When CDD reviewed the proposed Facebook Sponsored Stories settlement it was clear it failed to address how marketing and targeting on the social network really works. It also didn't do anything to ensure that parents and teens have the control they require over the Sponsored Story process and its inter-related series of premium ad pr
