Facebook’s VPN app puts spotlight on kids’ consent

Facebook’s VPN app puts spotlight on kids’ consent

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/facebooks-vpn-app-puts-spotlight-on-kids-consent/

Facebook could face fresh scrutiny in Europe following a TechCrunch report on its use of a VPN app to monitor people’s smartphone activity — including teenagers as young as 13.

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) told us it’s asked Facebook to provide more information on what data is collected via the market research program, codenamed ‘Project Atlas’, so that it can determine whether there are grounds for further investigation.