Kids' online privacy matters, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) concluded after completing a consultation with children, parents and carers.
Age verification is “a wave that keeps coming," in part because there are many options for doing it, said Amy Lawrence, chief privacy officer at adtech company SuperAwesome, on a Squire Patton webinar about app store age verification.
Teens and parents in a small sample preferred parent-led, flexible and transparent design approaches to social media safety features over stricter, one-size-fits-all policies, particularly age verification, according to a report by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) published Wednesday.
Texas gives no good reason for a federal court to uphold the state’s app store age-verification law, the Computer & Communications Industry Association said Thursday.
When seeking to comply with privacy laws, companies often fall short in a few key areas, including cookies, kids’ privacy and the collection of sensitive data, an Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) official said Wednesday during a webinar by compliance vendor Privado.
Every state developing an age-verification law would make things “confusing” and “unsustainable” for small tech companies, ACT | The App Association said in a guide published Monday.
AI chatbots create privacy risks, and Congress should explore data-protection obligations, House Commerce Committee Republicans and Democrats said during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
Regulators enforcing AI laws could be drawn to investigations of companies based on what type of data they collect, regardless of the organization’s size, said Metaverse Law founder Lily Li on a webinar Monday.
NetChoice sued Virginia on Monday over a social media law amending the state's privacy statute. The measure under challenge amended the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to require that social media platforms conduct age verification and set a one-hour daily time limit for users younger than 16, unless a parent consents for additional time.
Kids online safety legislation could soon get a Wisconsin Senate floor vote. About eight months after AB-105 passed the Assembly, the age-verification bill received a green light Wednesday from the Senate Mental Health Committee.