Privacy

BBC reports that children face heightened risks of harassment, identity theft, and online exploitation due to parents posting their photos on social media, according to new research from the University of Southampton.

China-based toy manufacturer Apitor Technology was proposed by the Federal Trade Commission to pay a $500,000 penalty after allegedly permitting a Chinese third-party to obtain children's geolocation data without parental consent, which violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

TechCrunch reports that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reactivated a $2 million contract with Israeli spyware vendor Paragon, lifting a Biden-era stop work order meant to evaluate the agreement's adherence to a commercial spyware-focused executive order.

Disney has agreed to a $10 million settlement for a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging its unwarranted collection of personal information from children watching its videos on YouTube, which violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Stolen information included names, SSNs and dates of birth, but not credit information.

HackRead reports that more than half of the most downloaded foreign mobile apps in the U.S. with highly aggressive data gathering and sharing practices were based in China.