By Anne Collier - Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:39am PDT

Microsoft has created a buzzword to go with its age-verification plan: "digital playgrounds," sites where kids use digital ID cards to hang out in adult-free places online.... Read More»

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By Larry Magid - Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:00pm PDT

Photrade introduces a new wrinkle in online photo site by letting you encrypt photos so they can’t easily be copied, printed or otherwise used without permission.... Read More»

Related: privacy, digital photography

By Anne Collier - Mon Jul 7, 2008 2:42pm PDT

If age verification is required of websites, kids' personal information would have to be stored in a database somewhere. And that information could be vulnerable.... Read More»

Related: identity theft, privacy

By Larry Magid - Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:23am PDT

A solution promoted by the Information Card Foundation would create digital cards that would identify us when we make online purchases or want to enter websites.... Read More»

Related: computer security, privacy

By Dory Devlin - Thu Jun 5, 2008 2:30pm PDT

Creating software for parents to block kids from joining social networks may be okay for 'tweens, but once kids hit teen years, social networking is so much a part of the way they interact with friends when school is out, that forbidding them to join is f... Read More»

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By Anne Collier - Thu Jun 5, 2008 11:57am PDT

Behavioral targeting is quite likely happening to Web users at your house, and the Federal Trade Commission is actually looking into it.... Read More»

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In this latest phase of the Web, when anybody can be a publisher, videographer, or instant celebrity, many parents are concerned about what can happen to their kids' reputations and future prospects.... Read More»

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