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Archive for August, 2024

Categories : CDPI Privacy Newsletter
Dates : August 2024

Children’s Privacy: CARU investigation concludes KidGeni violated COPPA

August 27, 2024
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of BBB National Programs in the US found KidGeni, a generative AI art platform for children, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and of CARU’s Privacy Guidelines. Issues included the company’s failing to provide parents and guardians sufficient information on its practices, failing to obtain their consent before collecting data, and not providing sufficient review and deletion options.
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Children’s Privacy: Fed. appeals court upholds ruling favoring NetChoice over CA kid safety law – a win to be proud of???

August 20, 2024
How much harm will it take before a reset on whether protecting kids matters? With this US federal court ruling, key provisions of California’s child online safety law have been blocked by NetChoice, the tech trade group standing firm against regulating the tech industry. And, really, why would we want restrain tech, or protect kids from an industry constantly in the news for profiting from them without consent?
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