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NY Times: FTC Urges Update to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

From the article: “the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday proposed long-awaited changes to regulations covering online privacy for children … The proposed revisions expand the definition of “personal information” to include a child’s location, along with any personal data collected through the use of cookies for the purposes of targeted advertising. It also covers facial recognition technology.”

CNET: Geo-privacy bills aim to curb warrantless tracking

> From the article: “Police would no longer be able to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans’ whereabouts, according to legislation introduced today that would require search warrants to monitor the locations of cars or mobile devices.”