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- FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Updates to Children's Privacy Rule [natlawreview.com]
Late last week, the FTC announced updates to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which implements the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”). More than five years after the FTC began the rule review, this update "contains several significant changes, but also stops short of the version proposed by the FTC in January 2024."
New protections under COPPA include "requirement to obtain opt-in consent for targeted advertising to children" and "limits on data retention," among other changes. Personalization and contextual advertising are still exempted under the Rule, and operators will not need to "correlate personal information collected to specific uses." The National Law review unpacks all the updates and exemptions.
- Here's How To Turn Off Tracking on Facebook and Instagram [newsweek.com]
Did you know that Meta's social media platofrms use something called "Off-Facebook Activity" to "monitor interactions users have with third-party websites and apps"? Facebook and Instagram use this feature to "track purchases, searches, and activity when users click external links. While this data helps create a more personalized online experience, it comes at the cost of user privacy." Luckily, you can switch it off with a few simple steps — but keep in mind that even after disabling this one type of tracking, "Meta will still collect some information while you use its platforms."
- TikTok, Five Other Chinese Firms Hit by EU Privacy Complaints [reuters.com]
Chinese companies TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Temu, and Tencent were "named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China. Noyb is known for filing complaints against American companies such as Apple, Alphabet and Meta, leading to several investigations and billions of dollars in fines."
According to China's foreign ministry, the Chinese government "'has never and will never' ask enterprises or individuals to collect or provide data information and intelligence located in foreign countries for the Chinese government in a manner that violates local laws."
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