An academic study published this week reveals that thousands of kids’ apps are collecting and transmitting personal information to third parties, in possible breach of COPPA (and soon, GDPR-K).
The research from academics at the University of California at Berkeley is the most comprehensive ever done to assess the data collection and sharing practices of the most popular kids’ games and apps, and the results were covered in The Guardian and elsewhere.
It demonstrates how hard it is to comply with COPPA using existing ad technology built for the adult market, vs kidtech that is based on zero-data collection. And it usefully highlights the lack of common frameworks and standards between the regulators, the app stores and developers. Read More
The Financial Times just announced their FT1000 rankings: the fastest growing companies in Europe. SuperAwesome is now ranked as #55 in Europe but also the #1 technology growth company in UK. Read More
High growth companies aren't just about the operating teams, they also need great boards to support (so often an afterthought). After many months of searching, we've found a great Non-Exec Chairman to join SuperAwesome's board. I'm delighted to welcome Tim Weller to the family. Read More
The challenge presented by kids spending time on YouTube has been well-documented over the last few months. Ultimately, the platform was designed for adults, so there are limits to what content safeguards YouTube can put in place for the under-13 audience. Today, we’re stepping in to help by rolling out our SafeFam content certification for YouTubers with young audiences. Read More
On PopJam, we don’t collect data on our users. Our kid-safe content sharing platform for under 13s is fully COPPA and GDPR compliant, and we have an active and creative community who love to offer their thoughts on the digital world around them.
We started a discussion about what worries them about being online and here are their top five fears. Read More
