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Feds investigating makers of cell-phone apps for kids

December 13, 2012December 12, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The government is investigating whether software companies that make cell phone apps have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and…

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How a lone grad student scooped the government—and what it means for your online privacy

July 3, 2012July 2, 2012 by By Peter Maass,  ProPublica

As the FTC tries to protect consumers’ online privacy—by publishing a report targeting the data-collection practices of mobile apps for kids, for instance, and launching a voluntary Do…

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FTC drops Google StreetView inquiry; other countries, not so much

October 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The Federal Trade Commission has ended its inquiry of Google and the data it collected from unsecured wireless hotspots, citing the company’s improved privacy policies, reports ZDNet.

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Schools fall victim to P2P security breaches

November 5, 2013February 24, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Peer-to-peer file sharing in schools and colleges has come under scrutiny again after a Federal Trade Commission probe turned up massive security breaches that made student grades, Social…

Feds investigating makers of cell-phone apps for kids

How a lone grad student scooped the government—and what it means for your online privacy

FTC drops Google StreetView inquiry; other countries, not so much

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