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Consumer Alert

YouTube pays big for tracking kids

Lisa Weintraub Schifferle

Does your child love YouTube videos? Did you know that while little Susie was watching her favorite shows, YouTube was collecting data and using it to send her targeted ads?

Consumer Alert

Parental Advisory: Dating Apps

Lisa Weintraub Schifferle

Parents be warned: some dating apps – like FastMeet, Meet24 and Meet4U – allow adults to find and communicate with children.

Consumer Alert

Musical.ly took kids’ info without parents’ ok

Lisa Weintraub Schifferle

Do you know a child who dreams of being the next big star? Who spends time at home, recording song and dance routines (maybe over, and over, and over again)?

Consumer Alert

Privacy: From principles to practice

Melinda Claybaugh

Privacy Awareness Week, an event organized by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities, is May 14-18, 2018.

Consumer Alert

Mobile phone maker misled people on privacy & security

Colleen Tressler

People use their mobile devices for everything from making calls and sending emails and text messages to maintaining contact lists, taking photos, surfing the web, and finding t