Re Disney & Nickelodeon Apps Allegedly Snooping On Your Kids

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby () henkel-wallace org>
> Date: August 9, 2017 at 4:25:15 PM EDT
> To: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> Cc: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Disney & Nickelodeon Apps Allegedly Snooping On Your Kids
>
> Dave and Suzanne:
>
> I don't know the specifics of this case, but FWIW in my business with Disney, Hasbro et al I've seen that they 
> explicitly take COPPA *extremely* seriously.
>
>
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> > On Aug 9, 2017, at 10:39, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
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> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> > > Date: August 9, 2017 at 1:12:42 PM EDT
> > > To: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> > > Subject: Disney & Nickelodeon Apps Allegedly Snooping On Your Kids
> > >
> > > ..clip
> > >
> > > A plaintiff in California has filed two different lawsuits: one against Disney [PDF], and one against Viacom [PDF], 
> > > parent company to kid-friendly entertainment giant Nickelodeon.
> > >
> > > The suits claim that children under 13 who use the apps named in the complaints “have had their personally 
> > > identifying information exfiltrated… for future commercial exploitation.”
> > >
> > > The apps, the complaint claims, track children’s app usage and device behavior by obtaining “peristent 
> > > identifiers.” That is to say, any time you use App X, the app will identify you and relay back your information 
> > > under a unique number, like 7A51F9D56200.
> > >
> > > That identifier is persistent across devices, so any software you are using can identify that you are you whether 
> > > you’re on your work laptop using the Facebook version of a game, or whether you’re using your phone to play the 
> > > mobile version on the bus home.
> > >
> > > The use of unique, cross-platform, tracking identifiers in software is par for the course these days. But although 
> > > there are no laws protecting most data adults generate, there is a strong privacy law directly pertaining to 
> > > children under 13.
> > >
> > > ...clip
> > >
> > > https://consumerist.com/2017/08/08/50-disney-nickelodeon-apps-allegedly-snooping-on-your-kids/
> >
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