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Facebook to Settle with the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Broken Privacy Promises
November 30, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In a press release, today, the Federal Trade Commission gave news that it had reached a settlement with Facebook regarding charges of consumer deception and broken privacy promises. Although the document noted that charges fell under the umbrella category of “administrative complain” and not a ruling with respect to the violation of the law, the
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Facebook to Settle with the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Broken Privacy Promises
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Concerns Raised About Children’s Use of Facebook
October 15, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Federal laws, the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 comes to mind, prohibit websites from collecting personal info from children younger than 13 without parental consent, but these laws are consistently flouted left and right. Last spring, Consumer Reports did the math and found that 7.5 million minors younger than 12 had Facebook
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Concerns Raised About Children’s Use of Facebook