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Techline Child Experts File FTC Complaint Against Facebook Kids’ App By Barbara Ortutay NEW YORK (AP) — Children’s and public health advocacy groups say Facebook’s kid-centric messaging app violates federal law by collecting kids’ personal information without getting verifiable consent from their parents. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to investigate Facebook’s Messenger Kids for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA. The complaint says the app does not meet COPPA requirements because it doesn’t try to ensure that the person who sets up the kids’ account and gives consent to have their data collected is the actual parent. In fact, the groups say, someone could set up a brand new, fictional account and immediately approve a kid’s account without proving their age or identity. Facebook said last month that it hasn’t yet reviewed the complaint letter. The company has said it doesn’t show ads Facebook and Facebook’s Messenger Kids app icons are displayed on an iPhone in New York. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 3, to investigate Facebook’s Messenger Kids for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) on Messenger Kids or collect data for marketing purposes, though it does collect some data it says is necessary to run the service. But the advocacy groups say the privacy policy of Messenger Kids is “incomplete and vague” and allows Facebook to disclose data to third parties and other Facebook services “for broad, undefined business purposes.” Facebook launched Messenger Kids last December on iOS and has since expanded to Android and Amazon devices and beyond the U.S. to Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. It is aimed at children under 13 who technically cannot have Facebook accounts (although plenty of them do). Though the company says it has received a lot of input from parents and children’s development experts in creating the app, groups such as the CCFC have been trying to get Messenger Kids shut down since it launched. 52 | Chief Engineer
Taco Wins 2019 AHR Expo Software Innovation Award Taco Comfort Solutions’ Taco Tags featuring eLink cloudbased product support has won the 2019 AHR Expo Innovation Award for Software. Taco Tags provide customers with important product information on mobile devices via NFC technology. Just one tap on the Taco Tag links customers to eLink, Taco’s cloudbased service, which provides product-specific information including product specs, model numbers, replacement parts, instructions sheets, and more. The small, flat rectangular tags are attached to all Taco commercial pumps, heat exchangers, commercial air and dirt separators, and expansion/storage tanks. Taco Tags provide a wealth of product support in a compact, digital format, easily accessible from mobile devices. Winners are evaluated by a panel of third-party ASHRAE members based on criteria such as application, innovation, value, and market impact. Brands YOU Count On, People You TRUST. When you choose Motion Industries as your industrial parts supplier, you’re choosing North America’s #1 MRO partner. Over 3,300 representatives are trained to help you solve your part, supply, repair and fabrication, inventory and storeroom management needs. Process Pumps Taco Comfort Solutions’ Taco Tags with eLink cloud-based support is being recognized with the 2019 AHR Expo Innovation Award for Software. United Radio Communications 800.804.URCI www.URCI.com TEAM Communications • Instant Communication • Smartphone Interface • PC Dispatch THE POWER OF NOW Representing North America’s leading brands in Process Pumps, Motion Industries is committed to offering its customers the highest quality, most reliable MRO replacement parts and supplies in the industry. <strong>2018</strong> CEAd series.indd 3 6/12/18 4:06 PM Volume 83 · Number <strong>11</strong> | 53
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