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Changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Explained
Amid unease that the amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) has increased uncertainty and diminished innovative and educational content production, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) released its first article outlining the changes the FTC has made to the Act, which must be complied with by July 1, 2013.[read more]
FTC revisions to proposed changes to COPPA
Introduced in 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires that parental permission is sought before the collection of data for children under the age of 13. Now the FTC are proposing changes which will have massive implications for websites and app owners ...[read more]
A Conversation with Clara Shih, Hearsay Social, on SOPA, Liberation, and Social Business
Clara Shih, CEO of Hearsay Social
Hearsay's announcement last month of Clara's election to the board of Starbucks brought us back together with the CEO and Founder, Clara Shih. We talked about several of the issues near and dear to our readers, especially those who are in charge of major marketing initiative for large enterprises. What is Hearsay doing...[read more]
Third Grade Show and Tell: Online Privacy
This morning I was a reluctant participant in third grade show-and-tell. Usually the kids bring books about dinosaurs, or vacation souvenirs, but my daughter took advantage of a little known provision that allows the children to bring people. I felt a little like a snow globe, or maybe a sock monkey, on display. We ended up having a...[read more]
“I think the interesting thing to note here is that mastering social media is not the same as mastering social media marketing. 10,000 hours on social media will not necessarily make you a master in marketing via social media, yet getting the training and experience necessary to become an expert at the marketing aspect is difficult because there is no one out there really teaching it.”
“I think Mayer is actually doing a great job of injecting Yahoo back into the conversation by making it a "hot topic" again. Full disclosure, I've always liked Yahoo but any property that's been around for that long has to fight against the perception that it's outdated, lest it be resigned to the dustbin of history like AOL.”