Today, we are excited to announce our latest research exposing the massively networked personal information sharing happening between and across identity resolution and customer data platforms that has been hiding in plain sight for over 10 years. These industries are...
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The Worldwide Web of Human Surveillance: Identity Resolution & Customer Data Platforms
Jul 24, 2024 | Research, Spotlight
Today, we are excited to announce our latest research exposing the massively networked personal information sharing happening between...
Do SDKs Represent Actual Network Traffic in EdTech Apps?
Jun 26, 2024 | Research, Spotlight
1. Background In 2022, Internet Safety Labs (ISL) conducted an extensive benchmark of EdTech apps used in schools across the United...
We Need to Talk About Product Labels
Jun 20, 2024 | Insights, Spotlight
This week, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels for social media platforms. If you know anything about...
ISL Finds Location-Based Advertising on Kids’ Site CoolMathGames.com
May 8, 2024 | Research, Spotlight
Last year, Internet Safety Labs (ISL) observed that CoolMathGames.com website (from CoolMath.com, LLC [referred to as “Cool Math”], owned by Sandbox Group) contained location-based behavioral advertisements. Using the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on a “child-directed” website, ISL believes CoolMathGames.com may fall under the protections afforded by the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).
ISL Unveils Cutting-Edge Data Privacy Research Tools
Apr 23, 2024 | Research
ISL is pleased to announce the publication of the following research tools: Company Risk Dictionary, SDK Risk Dictionary, and ...
ComScore Cross-Site Tracker Found in PBSKIDS.org
Jan 22, 2024 | Research
Updated 1/22/24 We’re happy to report that the ScorecardResearch tracker has been removed from the PBSKids.org website. We...
ISL Provides Requested Comments to NTIA for Docket NTIA-2023-0008
Nov 16, 2023 | Policy
Last month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requested public comment regarding docket...
Another School District Hacked
Nov 16, 2023 | Research
Two of the districts covered in our 2022 benchmark find themselves victims of recent data breaches at the hands of the same entity,...
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Harms Wrap-up
Oct 27, 2023 | Insights
One of the things we measured in our 2022 US K12 EdTech Safety Benchmark was the presence of risky trackers within the school’s...
42 States vs. Meta: Schools are Unwitting “Pushers” – 91% of Schools Have Facebook Accounts
Oct 26, 2023 | Research
Prompted by the news of this lawsuit, we tallied how many of the schools in our 2022 EdTech benchmark had Facebook, Instagram or...
ISL Provides Comments to the FCC’s IoT Cybersecurity Label
Oct 6, 2023 | Policy
Internet Safety Labs provided our comments to the FCC’s IoT Cybersecurity label. Among the comments and recommendations we made, the...
Safe Products are NOT the Consumer’s Responsibility
Oct 5, 2023 | Insights
We’re lucky to live in the US. One of the things we routinely take for granted in our country is the general safety of virtually all...