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Imbee.com settles FTC Charges Social Networking Site for
Kids Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act;
Settlement includes $130,000 civil penalty – The
operators of imbee.com, a social networking site specifically
targeting kids and tweens have agreed to settle Federal
Trade Commission charges that their data–collection
practices violated federal law. The settlement bars future violations
of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and...
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March 2008 - Youth Mega Marketing Event - Newport Beach,
California – COPPA
mandates that children 12 and under can't be marketed to
without parental permission. Too many companies simply turn
their backs on creating robust tween relationships online
because they don't understannd the rules. Denise Tayloe
will provide the key to unlocking business doors to this
important demographic when she presents to youth marketers
at the upcoming Youth Marketing Event, March 2-5, 2008 in
Newport Beach, CA.
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February 2008 - I-4 Forum 63 - International Information Integrity Institute
– Denise Tayloe will
participate on a panel called New Identity Management Architecture exploring new
ways of establishing identity and applying authorization based on identity
profiles - February 11, 2008 - Austin, Texas
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January 2008 - The Sandbox Summit: A Playdate With Technology – Denise Tayloe
will be a panalist at The Sandbox Summit, A Playdate With Technology. Keeping
kids safe on the Internet is everyone's intention, but how do you put it into
action? Social networking on the Internet, a creative tool for users of all
ages, is also unfortunately, the newest and perhaps most pernicious form of
"stranger danger" to evolve in this century.
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December 2007 - Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) – Denise Tayloe
participated as a panalist at the FOST's inaugural annual conference, which attracted
over 200 participants from around the world. The aim was clearly achieved; raising
awareness of the extraordinary challenges facing parents, teachers, industry leaders,
legislators and the kids themselves of our new digital world, while highlighting a range
of evolving solutions. - December 6, 2007 - Washington DC
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October 2007 - The Burton Catalyst Group - At the European Catalyst Conference
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Denise Tayloe led a stand up session titled: Infomediaries; What are they and do
they work? The conference was attended by a large audience as well as attendees connected remotely.
Barcelona, Spain
The Burton Group is known for hosting dynamic, industry-shaping conferences.
Burton conferences are known for their attendee-driven agendas, high-profile
speakers, fiercely independent point of view, and intense focus on relevant technology and architecture
issues facing today's enterprise.
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September 2007 - Ypulse MashUp
– The do's and dont's of COPPA was a
hotly debated topic during a presentation by Denise Tayloe. Participants at the Ypulse MashUp
became so engaged in the topic that one participant proposed formation of a "Best Practices
Industry Standards Group". All were in agreement that Privo raised important and timely issues
about the necessity for creating and maintaining standards that reach across all Internet access
points with regards to social networking and children's permissions management. New York City, NY
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June 2007 - The Burton Catalyst Group –
The only conference of its kind, Catalyst Conference provides in-depth advice from Burton Group
analysts and consultants,strategies from leading technology providers, and best practices from global
enterprises.
Denise Tayloe attended this event as a panelist to explain how "infomediaries"
acting as identity oracles can take some of the compliance and liability load off the CIO and the
organization by managing compliance-sensitive data for the organization and exposing it to less
compliance risk than if the organization moved the data in house. San Francisco, CA
- Bob Blakely, formerly of IBM and now of Burton Group, has for
years been talking of the identity oracle. This is an enterprise
that would vet for other enterprises the validity of an
identity without actually giving away identity information.
This year, at Catalyst, Privo was named as the first identity
oracle.
ABOUT THE FIRST IDENTITY ORACLE
ABOUT THE BURTON GROUP CONFERENCE,
- May,
2007 – Continuing the discussion: How to create COPPA
compliant online programs – Privo
will exhibit and present at the upcoming Kid Power 2007.
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March, 2007 – Youth Marketing Mega Event - Privo: A Workshop on COPPA - Huntington Beach, CA –
Denise
Tayloe led a workshop on COPPA and how to create COPPA compliant
loyalty programs. Privo took part as an exhibitor
and Denise Tayloe was also chosen to be the Chair of the
Kids Track conference workshops.
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March, 2007 – Progress and Freedom Foundation - Social Networking and Age Verification:
Many Hard Questions; No Easy Solutions – Privo
took part in the Congressional Seminar; Age Verification
for Social Networking Sites: Is It Possible? And Desirable?
The debate was hosted by the Progress & Freedom Foundation.
Privo was cited in the Progress & Freedom publication: Social
Networking and Age Verification: Many Hard Questions; No
Easy Solutions as one of the four safe harbors under COPPA.
Denise Tayloe is also quoted.
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February, 2007 – Implementing the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): A Report to Congress
– In
1998, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act ("COPPA" or "the Act") to address privacy
and safety risks created when children under 13 years of
age ("children") use the Internet. To protect children,
the Act imposes requirements on operators of websites or
online services directed to children, and other operators
with actual knowledge that they have collected personal
information from children. The Act generally mandates
that such operators must provide notice of their privacy
policies; obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting
personal information from children; allow parents to review
and delete personal information that their children have
provided; and establish and maintain reasonable procedures
to protect the security of personal information collected
from children.
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January 31, 2007 – Two Bills Proposed to Protect Minors
in Cyberspace – Two
legislative proposals, one in Georgia and one national,
seek two differant ways of making it more difficult for
predators to meet minors online... See the full article
at Yahoo!
Tech.
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July 19, 2006 – Raising A Generation Of Fakers
– Kids
under the age of 13 quickly learn that there's no sane
reason to tell the truth on the web... Answers like
Privo's intermediary kids' registration... move
the dial forward... See the full article at Yahoo!
Tech.
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June, 2005 – FTC requests public comments to address
Rule Review. – As
required by COPPA, the FTC is conducting a review of the
COPPA Rule five years after its effective date. The
Commission requested comments on the costs and benefits
of the Rule as well as on whether it should be retained,
eliminated, or modified and will report their findings to
Congress within the next year. See http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/04/coppacomments.htm
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May, 2005 – Privo exhibits at KidPower 2005, Orlando,
Florida – Privo
treated attendees to a few minutes of relief while they
attended the KidPower Exchange 2005 Conference. A
great time was had by all! Click
here to see photos taken at the KidPower conference.
- August
2, 2004 – Privo Earns "Safe Harbor" Status. –
Privo
earns "Safe Harbor" Status. Privo was approved for
the prestigious "Safe Harbor" Status under COPPA by the
Federal Trade Commission. Privo is the only solution
provider to attain "Safe Harbor" Status. See www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/08/privo.html
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May, 2004 – Public Comments on Privo from Industry
Experts. –
See www.ftc.gov
for public comments from industry experts on Privo's
application for FTC "Safe Harbor" Provider Status.
Commentors include UCLA's Center for Communication Policy,
privacy expert Ray Everett–Church, interactive agency
IRG, youth marketing guru Paul Kurnit, the Association for
Competitive Technology, Schwab Learning, and Wired Woman/New
Media BC.
- KidPower
2004 – Privo's
client, Sparktop.org,has
been honored with an award at the prestigious Kidpower Xchange
Awards Ceremony presented at the 11th Annual Kid Power 2004
Conference in May, 2004. Read all about it at the
Schwab
Foundation website.
- Denise
Tayloe, Privo CEO, was one of the speakers at the Youth
Marketing Mega–Event 2003. Along with other industry
leaders, Denise addressed the tween market and how to responsibly
interact with them. To get a copy of her presentation,
please click
here.
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