On June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a significant $500,000 settlement with Tilting Point Media LLC for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and California Unfair Competition Law (UCL). The violations involved the collection and processing of children's personal information without consent and inappropriate advertising to children. The investigation, initiated by the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) in September 2022, revealed that Tilting Point failed to provide effective age screening and obtain verifiable parental consent, among other breaches. In addition to paying $500,000 in civil penalties, Tilting Point must take several corrective actions, including ensuring all games directed to children comply with the CCPA and COPPA, enhancing their age screening mechanisms and privacy policies, configuring third-party SDKs, and conducting annual compliance assessments. Read the full article at the link below. https://lnkd.in/ewp-v-Z9 #privacy #gaming #COPPA #CCPA #UCL
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During 2023, legislative, congressional, and executive actions aimed at protecting children and teens online took center stage. In “2023 U.S. Advertising and Privacy Trends and 2024 Forecast: Focus on Kids and Teens,” Keller and Heckman LLP Partners Sheila Millar and Tracy Marshall examine the history of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and significant developments involving privacy and advertising to minors over the last year. These include legislative attempts to raise the age of a “child” at both the federal and state levels for advertising and privacy purposes; bans on behavioral advertising targeting minors; efforts to restrict minors’ access to social media; First Amendment legal challenges to laws such as the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA); the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) long-awaited proposed changes to the COPPA Rule; and litigation developments, including suits seeking to hold social media platforms responsible for alleged mental and physical harms to children and teens. To find out more about recent developments in children and teen privacy and advertising, and what we see coming in 2024, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/eZzR9q3q #advertising #privacy #FTC #COPPA
2023 U.S. Advertising and Privacy Trends and 2024 Forecast: Focus on Kids and Teens
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DIGITAL ID. A new state laws calls for internet users to verify themselves with a government-issued ID, raising privacy and free speech concerns. In response to a Texas state law mandating digital ID age verification, Pornhub, a highly trafficked adult content website, has ceased operations in the state as of Thursday. Visitors to the site are now met with a detailed message from Pornhub criticizing the new legal requirement. The message denounces the measure as “ineffective” and “haphazard.” The adult entertainment brand is instead advocating for digital ID responsibilities to be shifted to the creators of internet-enabled devices, rather than individual websites. The contentious law, HB 1181, was enacted last year by the state’s Republican-led Legislature. It obliges distributors of material “harmful to minors” to verify that their users are over 18, using either a government-issued ID or another reliable system based on public or private data, without keeping any identifying user information. https://lnkd.in/ekiPBp3H
Pornhub Blocks Access in Texas After State-Mandated Digital ID Law
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The Department of Justice’s pending lawsuit against TikTok emphasizes the FTC’s focus on consumer protection, and privacy laws regarding the app’s younger users. Davis+Gilbert Advertising + Marketing Partner Allison Fitzpatrick was featured in this The National Law Journal article, “DOJ’s Lawsuit Against TikTok Signals Warning to Other Online Platforms on Child Privacy, Lawyers Say,” commenting on the digital platform’s alleged violations of child privacy laws, and what is viewed as fragrantly violating COPPA despite being warned. Allison discusses, the role of the FTC, the details of the complaint and what this means for TikTok and other social media platforms going forward. Children’s privacy is a priority on the federal, state, and self-regulatory level and companies that do not comply with the laws to protect children will be a target. For a sneak peak into the article, see some of Allison’s quotes featured in the article in the images below. Read the full National Law Journal article for more information on violations of children’s privacy rights, associated with TikTok: https://lnkd.in/enah2a4A #TikTok #ChildPrivacy #FTC
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Federal Trade Commission has proposed significant changes to enhance a key federal rule safeguarding children's privacy online. This marks one of the most substantial efforts by the U.S. government in over a decade to strengthen consumer privacy. The proposed changes aim to reinforce the regulations established by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, limiting online tracking of children by services like social media apps, video game platforms, toy retailers, and digital advertising networks. Regulators emphasize that these measures will "shift the burden" of online safety from parents to apps and other digital services, also restricting how platforms utilize and monetize children's data.
U.S. Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children
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#SpongeBob App Forced to #Stop Using #Children's #Data --- The “SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off” mobile game is a popular cooking simulation game that includes both #targeted #advertising and in-app purchases and is directed to children under the age of 13. Owned by Tilting Point Media, it is alleged to have #collected and #shared its young players' #personaldata - without #parental #consent - with third parties, violating the California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA) and the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (#COPPA). The company now has to pay $500,000 in civil penalties and must comply with the COPPA and CCPA requirements: 👉 Not share the #personal #information of users less than 13 years old without parental consent, and not share the personal information of consumers 13-16 years old without affirmative “opt-in” #consent 👉 Use only neutral age screens that encourage children to enter their age #accurately 👉 Provide just-in-time notices in cases where Tilting Point Media does #sell or share the personal information of children Read more: https://lnkd.in/eufJw_R7
Attorney General Bonta, L.A. City Attorney Feldstein Soto, Announce $500,000 Settlement with Tilting Point Media for Illegally Collecting and Sharing Children’s Data
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Check out our just-published Data Advisor blog post on a recent #CCPA action, highlighting that state and local law enforcers are increasingly attentive to businesses' #data #privacy and security practices, particularly if businesses handle children's and minors' data. Read now: https://lnkd.in/g4xAT9uS
Video Game App Developer Agrees to Pay $500,000 for Children’s and Minors’ CCPA, COPPA, and Ads Violations | The Data Advisor
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In a recent development, a report has emerged alleging that YouTube's advertising system could have allowed for the tracking of children, potentially infringing upon online privacy regulations. https://lnkd.in/dgkgiqzF #privacyviolations #tracking #development #advertisingsystem #youtubeads #onlinecontent
Report Claims YouTube Ads May Have Allowed Companies to Track Children; Google Denies Allegations
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Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission, today filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok Inc., ByteDance Ltd., and their affiliates (together, TikTok) for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations (COPPA) in connection with the popular TikTok app. COPPA prohibits website operators from knowingly collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age of 13, unless they provide notice to and obtain consent from those children’s parents. It also requires website operators to delete personal information collected from children at their parents’ request. In 2019, the government sued TikTok’s predecessor, Musical.ly, for COPPA violations, and since then the defendants have been subject to a court order requiring them to undertake specific measures to comply with COPPA. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gqKAUNk9
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For those that follow Tim Peterson at Digiday, you'll probably agree that his explainer videos are highly informative and easy to digest. I recommend spending nine minutes absorbing Tim's latest on the nexus of targeted advertising, children and CTV. Children's focused privacy legislation is a level (or seven) up from adult-oriented privacy laws. And I'd argue, rightfully so. Notwithstanding all the somewhat obvious reasons about how impressionable and easily influenced children are relative to adults, there is just far more risk of digital exploitation and undue influence given the vast amounts of data collection we know our supply-chain is capable of doing. Legal guardrails that require affirmative parental consent enable responsible adults to establish controls when it comes to data collected about their children, whether utilized for advertising or any other purpose. We shouldn't be arguing about this goal. What's problematic is how complicated it can become to adhere to these children-oriented online privacy regs. Which is why its on all of us in advertising to invest time learning about the laws and evaluating the impact that children's privacy regulations will have on our businesses. This is especially true when it comes to data collection and use via shared household devices, such as connected televisions. Thank you, Tim, for another insightful episode. It's time to all get with the program on #coppa, #onlineprivacy and how it all comes together with #ctvadvertising.
How children’s privacy laws complicate connected TV tracking practices
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office recently announced yet another industry investigative sweep, this time focusing on the privacy practices of streaming services, over concerns that popular apps and devices do not comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Read the blog post below from me and Kyle R. Fath for more information. #ccpa #privacylaw #teamspb
California Attorney General Announces Industry Investigative Sweep into CCPA Compliance | Privacy World
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