Originally published: December 19, 2012
Location:
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20580, United States
Tech giants such as Apple, Facebook and Google scored a victory in the Federal Trade Commission?s new rules governing kids? online privacy. Federal regulators exempted app purveyors such as Apple's App Store and Google Play from having to police apps.
Providers of plug-ins such as Facebook with its ?Like? button were also exempted. According to the new rules, they will only be responsible if they have "actual knowledge" that an online service or app is not complying with the new rules governing how they are allowed to collect information from kids. Rule changes that the FTC proposed in August would have made the tech giants more responsible for apps that violate the rules. But the tech companies engaged in heavy lobbying efforts in recent months to dial back the proposals, arguing they would stifle innovation and hamper economic growth. During a news conference, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said regulators never meant to include app stores and simply clarified their proposals to reflect that.
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