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- March 19, 2013 - Stricter COPPA laws due in July to govern underage kids on Facebook, Tumblr
Denise Tayloe, President and CEO of PRIVO, was interviewed by Fox News on the issue of COPPA and changes coming soon...By July, Facebook, Google, Tumblr and others will likely be forced to remove photos, audio recordings or other personal identifiers of children -- or else face stiff fines, thanks to updates to a 15-year-old law.The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was enacted in 1998. In 2011, the FTC beefed up the measure, preventing sites from collecting personal information from kids such as name, location and date of birth without a parent's consent.
Click here for more. - February 28, 2013 - Edith Ramirez to Lead the Federal Trade Commission
President Barack Obama intends to designate Edith Ramirez as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission effective Monday, March 4, 2013. She takes over for outgoing Chairman Jon Leibowitz, who has served in the position since March 2, 2009.
"I am deeply honored at the opportunity to lead the Federal Trade Commission. I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners and the able FTC staff to continue the agency's proud history of promoting vigorous competition and protecting consumers," Ramirez said. "I also want to thank Chairman Leibowitz for his strong leadership. I welcome the opportunity to build on his legacy of active enforcement of our antitrust and consumer protection laws."
Ramirez became a commissioner of the FTC on April 5, 2010. At the FTC, she has focused on promoting competition and innovation in the technology and healthcare sectors, protecting vulnerable consumers from deceptive and unfair practices, and safeguarding consumer privacy.
Click here for more. - February 12-13, 2013 - PRIVO will be a sponsor for the Digital Kids Conference in NYC and our CEO, Denise Tayloe, will also be moderating a panel.
Digital Kids is the must-attend event for brand owners, entertainment and media executives, marketers, producers, digital media directors and licensing professionals seeking to engage children online and on digital devices. Digital Kids is once again co-located with Toy Fair, providing stellar networking across the entire children's entertainment industry.
Click here for more. - February 7, 2013 - Denise Tayloe will be speaking on a panel at the Virtual Community Summit (VirComm) in London.
VirComm is the UK's first and only conference dedicated to Community Management.
Click here for more. - February 01, 2013 - Path Social Networking App Settles FTC Charges it Deceived Consumers and Improperly Collected Personal Information from Users' Mobile Address Books
Company also Will Pay $800,000 for Allegedly Collecting Kids' Personal Information without their Parents’ ConsentThe operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The settlement requires Path, Inc. to establish a comprehensive privacy program and to obtain independent privacy assessments every other year for the next 20 years. The company also will pay $800,000 to settle charges that it illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent. The settlement with Path is part of the FTC’s ongoing effort to make sure companies live up to the privacy promises they make to consumers, and that kids’ personal information isn’t collected or shared online without their parents’ consent.
Click here for more. - December 21, 2012 - Respect Network Ends the Year With Four New Development Partners
Respect Network, the world's first personal cloud network, today announced four new Founding Partners: My Professional ID, the first online credential management service for professionals; PAOGA, a UK-based personal data service provider; Cloudstore, the first software distribution platform for personal clouds; and PRIVO, the leader in children's online privacy management.
"The need for trusted online identity and relationship management has never been greater," said Gary Rowe, Respect Network CEO. "Each of these new Development Partners offers a vital new service that will be easier, safer, and more productive over a network of trusted personal clouds. We welcome them to the Founding Partner family, which has grown to 24 companies just since April."
Click here for more. - December 19, 2012 - FTC Strengthens Kids' Privacy, Gives Parents Greater Control Over Their Information By Amending Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. Rule Being Modified to Keep Up with Changing Technology.
The Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule that strengthen kids' privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may collect from children under 13.
The FTC initiated a review in 2010 to ensure that the COPPA Rule keeps up with evolving technology and changes in the way children use and access the Internet, including the increased use of mobile devices and social networking. The updates to the COPPA Rule reflect careful consideration of the entire record of the rulemaking, which included a public roundtable and several rounds of public comments sought by the agency.
Click here to read more... - December 10, 2012 - FTC's Second Kids' App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children. The agency reviewed 400 of the most popular children's apps available on Google and Apple platforms, and reported that only 20 percent disclosed their data collection practices.
FTC staff examined hundreds of apps for children and looked at disclosures and links on each app's promotion page in the app store, on the app developer's website, and within the app. According to the report, "most apps failed to provide any information about the data collected through the app, let alone the type of data collected, the purpose of the collection, and who would obtain access to the data. Even more troubling, the results showed that many of the apps shared certain information with third parties - such as device ID, geolocation, or phone number - without disclosing that fact to parents. Further, a number of apps contained interactive features - such as advertising, the ability to make in-app purchases, and links to social media - without disclosing these features to parents prior to download."
You can download the report here for free. - November 27, 2012- Denise Tayloe was invited to a private salon luncheon hosted by Microsoft on "How Data Can Drive Growth: Policy, Principles, and User Perspectives."
Microsoft hosted a private salon luncheon on "How Data Can Drive Growth: Policy, Principles, and User Perspectives" and invited PRIVO's CEO, Denise Tayloe to attend. The Brookings Institution moderated the event, in partnership with the World Economic Forum's Rethinking Personal Data Project and the International Institute of Communications, the event will bring together key stakeholders from government, industry, academia, and NGOs, along with other experts involved in data policy discussions. - November 26 - 27, 2012 - PRIVO attended the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group's 2nd Plenary meeting as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). PRIVO's CEO, Denise Tayloe, is the privacy liaison to their accreditation and certification committee.
The Mission of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) shall be to govern and administer the Identity Ecosystem Framework in a manner that stimulates the development and sustainability of the Identity Ecosystem. The IDESG will always operate in accordance with the NSTIC's Guiding Principles.
Click here for more. - November 14 - 15, 2012 - Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) Annual Conference
PRIVO was proud to attend the Family Online Safety Institute annual conference at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. on November 14 - 15. The two day event, entitled 'A Safer Internet for All,' explored a wide variety of issues around Internet use, privacy, safety and connectivity. For the first time the discussions encompassed the opportunities that new technologies offer for development work and their global impact in addition to more traditional topics.
Click here for more. - November 1, 2012 - Live Webinar - Identifying and managing bad behavior: Best practices
Join Rebecca Newton, Chief Community & Safety Officer at Mind Candy and Peter Maude, CTO at Crisp Thinking for this free webinar. Rebecca will share her experience and best practices used to manage different types of behavior in kids and teens online communities.
Managing all types of behavior in your community is a minefield, but it’s something you simply cannot ignore. You have to protect your brand, your community and your users whilst not restricting engagement; quite simply an Everest sized task.
Click here for the full article and to sign up. - October 3, 2012 - NY Times Reports: Fan Sites Settle Children's Privacy Charges
The operator of fan Web sites for the pop stars Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Demi Lovato agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle federal charges that the sites illegally collected personal information about thousands of children, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
In a complaint, the Federal Trade Commission said that Artist Arena, the operator of the sites, violated a children's online privacy rule by collecting personal details - like the names, e-mail addresses, street addresses and cellphone numbers - of about 101,000 children aged 12 or younger without their parents' permission.
Click here for the full article. - October, 2012 - National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Individuals, organizations, and communities throughout the United States are gearing up to promote National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) and let others know that all of us have a role in protecting our digital lives. Tens of thousands of NCSAM participants across the country will be doing their part by posting safety and security tips on social networks, educating their customers and employees, engaging traditional media, displaying posters, posting tips, holding events, and much more.
If you are concerned about making the Internet safer and more secure for everyone, we invite you to become an active participant in National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Everyone can do something-even if you have less than one hour to devote to this effort!
Click here for more information. - September 28, 2012 - The 2012 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award is Set to Launch It's Annual Contest
Like OPTIMUS PRIME, they come from space. They are among us, right now, in forms you may not recognize. They are NASA spinoff technologies, and like OPTIMUS PRIME, they work to save lives and protect our planet.
Now OPTIMUS PRIME wants you and your friends to share the benefits of NASA technologies by making a video about your favorite spinoff. Take part in the OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award Video Contest, and join NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME in their mission to make Earth a better place-with the help of space!
Click here for more information on the 2012 contest. - September 27, 2012 - U.S. Is Tightening Web Privacy Rule to Shield Young - NY Times reports
Federal regulators are about to take the biggest steps in more than a decade to protect children online.The moves come at a time when major corporations, app developers and data miners appear to be collecting information about the online activities of millions of young Internet users without their parents' awareness, children's advocates say. Some sites and apps have also collected details like children's photographs or locations of mobile devices; the concern is that the information could be used to identify or locate individual children.
These data-gathering practices are legal. But the development has so alarmed officials at the Federal Trade Commission that the agency is moving to overhaul rules that many experts say have not kept pace with the explosive growth of the Web and innovations like mobile apps. New rules are expected within weeks.
"Today, almost every child has a computer in his pocket and it's that much harder for parents to monitor what their kids are doing online, who they are interacting with, and what information they are sharing," says Mary K. Engle, associate director of the advertising practices division at the F.T.C. "The concern is that a lot of this may be going on without anybody's knowledge."
Click here for more information. - September 14, 2012 - Rep. Ed Markey Formally Introduces Mobile Device Privacy Bill
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced the Mobile Device Privacy Act on Wednesday, aimed at bringing greater transparency to third-party tracking of consumer devices. The legislation follows last year's revelation that diagnostic analysis providers like Carrier IQ used software to collect certain user data from cellphones, including dialed phone numbers and visited URLs. Privacy groups lauded the bill while carriers and some cellphone manufacturers declined to comment
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Click here for the proposed bill. . - August 27, 2012 - FTC Extends Deadline to Comment on Proposed Modifications to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Until September 24, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission will extend until September 24, 2012, the deadline for commenting on additional proposed modifications to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, which gives parents control over what information websites and online services may collect from children under 13.
On August 1, 2012, the Commission published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on proposed modifications to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule with a deadline of September 10, 2012. In response to requests from several organizations, public comments on the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will now be accepted until September 24, 2012.
Click here for the full article. - August 03, 2012 - Denise Tayloe quoted in DataInformed article: FTC Proposal Would Restrict Online Data Collection from Children
In light of massive changes in data-collecting technology over the last decade, the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a list of new rules to further clarify what information is unacceptable for companies to collect from kids online. The new restrictions are an attempt to update a 1998 law...
The most significant proposed changes to Coppa involve broadening the definitions of "personal information" and "operator" in the context of an online environment to cover newer web developments popular with children, such as chat rooms and video-sharing sites. In addition, the proposal extends liability to third-party companies gaining access to children through software plug-ins and embedded ad networks that operate within the larger framework of child-directed websites or apps.
"There's no law that says you can't market to children," said Denise Tayloe, chief executive of PRIVO, an Arlington, Va.-based firm that helps companies comply with Coppa. By eliminating some gray areas, Tayloe believes the new clarifications actually may help level the playing field for smaller web companies, which often can't afford to attract children via TV or other mass media. "This is a chance to have a permission-based relationship while shaking Moms hand at the same time."
Click here for the full article. - August 01, 2012 - The Federal Trade Commission issued a supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in connection with our ongoing review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
Today the Federal Trade Commission issued a supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in connection with our ongoing review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. The NPRM proposes additional modifications to the Rule's definitions of "operator," "personal information," "screen name," "support for internal operations," and "website or online service directed to children."
Click here for the press release announcing this proposal. .
The FTC will be taking comments from the public until September 10, 2012. Click here to file your comments online. - August 01, 2012 - Denise Tayloe, President and CEO of PRIVO, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal/Technology article today in regards to "New Rules on Kids' Web Ads". article by Anton Troianovski
Social networks and Internet advertisers are likely to face new restrictions on how they interact with children online. The Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce Wednesday new rules that close loopholes that currently allow companies to gather information despite a 1998 law that was supposed to protect kids' online footprint...
...The largest penalty to date issued for a violation of Coppa came last May when Walt Disney Co. DIS -1.34% subsidiary Playdom agreed to pay $3 mi ion to settle FTC charges that on 20 websites it illegally collected and disclosed personal information from hundreds of thousands of children without parents' consent.
"How industry has treated this law all along is they have not embraced it," said Denise Tayloe, chief executive of Privacy Vaults Online, a McLean, Va., firm that consults companies on how to comply with Coppa. "They've looked for ways to scoot around it."
Click here for the full article. - July 10, 2012 - Denise Tayloe participated in the SVForum's CXO Forum at Sheppard Mullin - Privacy and Data Security Considerations
Online privacy and data security continues to be an industry focus because the operating environment is becoming more challenging for businesses. Denise Tayloe, Founder and CEO of Privo, joined the SVForum's CXO Forum panel of other industry experts to discuss and wrestle with the most critical issues in this demanding arena. The Forum panel members addressed the domestic and international implications faced by industry and individuals seeking to protect their personal information.
SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. This is done by: creating connections and community, providing education and access to resources, linking the global business community to Silicon Valley, and facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices.
With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunteers, and an experienced, committed Board, we connect annually with over 12,000 engineers, technologists and entrepreneurs, at over 200 events, covering a wide range of topics from emerging technologies to product launch, and beyond.. Click here for more information. - June 06, 2012 - Cliffview Pilot Scoop Reports: NJ Sues Mobile App Company for Sharing Personal Info of Children with Marketers.
New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and the state Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit in federal court in Newark to stop an educational mobile app developer from collecting personal information from children, then passing on the information to marketers without telling parents.
The lawsuit -- the first lawsuit filed by the state under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) -- names 24x7digital, LLC, the Los Angeles-based developer and operator of the "TeachMe" series of 99-cent apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
"We appreciate the educational component of these apps," state DCA Acting Director Eric T. Kanefsky said, "but under no circumstances is it acceptable to transmit identifying information about toddlers or first- and second-graders without the informed consent of their parents."
"TeachMe: Kindergarten" is currently Apple's 12th most popular education app, Kanefsky said.
Click here to read more... - May 03, 2012 - PRIVO receives 'Seal of Approval Recognition Award' at the 2012 Digital Kids Conference, presented by The Toy Man®
The Toy Man® Product Guide notified PRIVO that we have received the 'Seal of Approval Recognition Award' for... "their innovative design of quality products and services that enhance the lives of others... (and) ...your exceptional contribution to positive social interaction and high overall educational value that's well-suited for the home and academic environments".
Click here to read the Notification PDF
Click here to read more about the award on thetoyman.com - April 25-26, 2012 - PRIVO will be a sponsor at the Digital Kids conference, the largest gathering of professionals engaged in building online and mobile products and services for kids.
Digital Kids Conference 2012 takes place in Los Angeles, CA. Digital Kids is the largest gathering of professionals engaged in building online and mobile products and services for kids. Click here for more information about the conference. - February 9, 2012 - Sign Up Now to watch the LIVE STREAM of the Virtual Community Summit 2012.
This event is being webcast live online on Thursday February 9th from 9AM (GMT). Click the following link to sign up for this live stream of the Summit. You will be sent an email when the stream goes live.Click here to sign up for the Summet live stream... - February 9, 2012 - Denise Tayloe will be a speaker at the Virtual Community Summit in London, England.
Denise Tayloe will be speaking in the Legal Session regarding Regulatory Concerns in Online Communities. She will be providing insight into the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Safe Harbor from the FTC and her PrivoLock suite of services built to address the growing concern in children's privacy on the web. Click here for the Summet Agenda... - January 23-24, 2012 - American Conference Institute's 25th National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law
Denise Tayloe will be speaking at the Advertising Law Conference held in New York. Advertising Law - Practical strategies to enhance your company's advertising practices while overcoming new regulatory challenges. In an Era where advertising is moving Increasingly toward the digital sphere, ensure your company remains competitive and compliant. Washington is watching you - are you watching your consumers? Click to read more...
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