musical.ly – PossibleThreat Articles

TikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed

December 10, 2019 0 Comments bytedance, child predators, children, children online, children's privacy, china, Coppa, laura lopez, Law & order, Mobile, musical.ly, PII, Privacy, sherri leshore, Social networks, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:36:08 +0000

The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AJarV9pQvjA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy

December 6, 2019 0 Comments bytedance, child predators, children, children online, children's privacy, china, Coppa, laura lopez, Law & order, Mobile, musical.ly, PII, Privacy, sherri leshore, Social networks, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:10:31 +0000

Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BxgELatt-Vk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>