The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reddit £14.47 million (over $19.5 million) for collecting and using the personal information of children under 13 without adequate safeguards.

  • schnurrito
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    2 months ago

    A central principle of data protection is data minimization. Forcing any institution to store extra data in order to know whether a user is old enough to consent to data processing is beyond absurd.

      • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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        2 months ago

        The problem is that our governments aren’t Democratic. Who am I supposed to vote for to stop this? It’s bipartisan. Wealth inequality has gotten so.bad we no longer have any real control over our lives