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Tag: Children


Network security

NY Cracks Down on Mattel and Hasbro For Tracking Kids Online

September 14, 2016

Via: Wired Threat Level

Most Americans have long ago given up fighting the notion that their behavior is tracked by advertisers as they move around the web. The subject of our children’s privacy, on the other hand, remains a political and cultural firestorm. Now […]


Access control

Small users in a big network

May 31, 2016

Via: Securelist

Children use the Internet for schoolwork, socializing, watching films and cartoons, playing games and much more. But, as we all know, browsing the web can be an unsafe business. In order to control their children’s online activity many parents use […]


Access control, Privacy protection

uKnowKids database error exposed info on 1.7K kids

February 24, 2016

Via: SC Magazine

Security Researcher Chris Vickery was accused of unethical hacking after he discovered an exposed database containing sensitive information that belonged to uKnowKids.com, an Arlington, Va.-based company that helps parents monitor their children’s online activities.How many victims?  1,700 What type of information? The […]


Vulnerabilities

Children’s apps and websites raise privacy concerns

September 3, 2015

Via: vulnerabilities

Earlier this year the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (#ico), along with 28 other data protection regulators from around the world, announced an #investigation into how #websites and #apps – squarely aimed at #children – were collecting and sharing personal information. […]