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The White House unveiled the Student Digital Privacy Act, addressed by Obama in his Road to the State of the Union Tour at the FTC on January 12. The legislation was proposed in an effort to keep  our children safe even with the fast-evolving nature[..]

Today, on Data Privacy Day, online privacy experts in the US, Canada and Europe have geared up to educate consumers and businesses – over the course of a single day – about the importance of protecting the privacy of their personal information online.[..]

The GDPR has set the age of consent at 16, meaning users 15 years and younger need parent consent where applicable. However, member states can choose a younger age down to 13.

Thinking of building your own age verification & permission management platform? Consider these four areas carefully before you make a decision.

1. Can you build and a maintain a regulatory based solution to protect your young consumers?

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25th, 2018. What does this mean for businesses around the world? Data controllers and processors globally will need to adhere to the regulation if collecting, using and storing[..]

In light of the three-high profile class action lawsuits this month alleging leading companies, including Disney, Viacom and Unity are in violation of COPPA (The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), it is important to look a little deeper and[..]

Websites, apps, games and connected devices, all considered “online services”, that are directed to or attract children, often assume they know their audience. Think again! What may appear to be clear is not always the case.

Understand how to handle your audience.Only want kids 13 and up engaging with your online property? It’s not OK to just block kids 12 and under if your site looks and feels child directed or has content that appeals to them.

As we enter 2016 we face some significant challenges to our privacy. While online developments enhance our digital lives they can pose privacy risks that shouldn’t be ignored. Children that received a new device over the holidays will have no trouble[..]

PRIVO's Foundation, has been busy working on new educational curriculum around online privacy for kids and their families. So in honor of World Password Day today, here are some easy tips from our curriculum for creating a strong password.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been widely quoted in the press for his comments around privacy. Almost five years ago he was reported to say that privacy was no longer a “social norm” as he signed up millions of users to his  “let’s all share[..]

We just came across this blog post from 2007. Not much has changed besides the technology in which we deliver it. Bob Blakely, quoted in the post, is now the Director of Security Innovation at Citigroup.

Protecting the privacy of our children is paramount. The new Student Digital Privacy & Innovation Act, which made the headlines in the last few weeks, highlights how Government legislation attempts to keep up with the fast paced change of the online[..]

Concern for children’s privacy must be a priority for parents and teachers in 2015. Our children are digitally connected at school and at home spending more than seven and a half hours a day online, fueling billions of dollars in revenue. Just in the[..]

You teach your child how to wait for the green light before crossing the street, not to speak to strangers and how to look both ways before crossing. Well, there are some very similar rules you need to teach to your child about playing online. Ring in[..]