US sues TikTok for alleged violations of kids’ privacy, court order
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has sued TikTok, its parent company ByteDance and affiliated companies “to put an end to…
COPPA
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Redefining online safety: The evolution of age verification laws
By: Dan Yerushalmi, CEO, AU10TIX Today’s youth are more Internet-savvy than any previous generation, with sites like TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram…
FTC passes on biometric age estimation approval request from Yoti and partners
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has declined to approve biometric age estimation as a method of verifying parental consent under…
Proposed COPPA changes would expand biometrics definition
Forty-three U.S. states acting as a group have told the Federal Trade Commission they want it to update and strengthen…
Proposed changes to US children’s privacy rules count biometrics as personal data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, unencumbered by more conservative members, is changing the nation’s primary regulation controlling commercial access to…
Court cites age estimation concerns in halting California’s online child safety law
Federal U.S. judge Beth Freeman has granted a request by NetChoice, to block the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA)….
Amazon settles suit over retention of kids’ voice data
The U.S. Department of Justice says Amazon will pay a comparatively modest civil penalty for allegedly violating multiple laws and…
US seeks comment on age-estimation idea to protect children, Yoti requests approval
Businesses are asking U.S. regulators to approve facial age estimation as a tool for segregating people online by age and,…
Microsoft to pay $20M fine for collecting kids’ biometrics on Xbox
Microsoft has been fined $20 million over allegations by U.S. regulators that they collected biometrics and other personal data from…
US states closely watching federal rule changes on biometrics
Amazon lost two notable biometrics arguments with a U.S. regulator this week, but they are miniscule compared to analyses that…
