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Microsoft Settles FTC Charges Alleging False Security and Privacy Promises
Passport Single Sign-In, Passport "Wallet," and Kids Passport Named in Complaint Allegations
Microsoft Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges regarding the privacy and security of personal information collected from consumers through its "Passport" web services. As part of the settlement, Microsoft will implement a comprehensive information security program for Passport and similar services.
"Good security ... Fruit Smoothies
This is a good lesson to start out with. It keeps the kids interested because you need to use a blender. It offers opportunities to introduce the concept of reading a recipe, and to emphasize the importance of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
Purpose: (Literacy) To teach the kids about kitchen safety (allowing them to help you write kitchen rules), and how to read a recipe. (Nutrition) To introduce the kids to vitamins A & C and the role each plays in our body, and to get the kids to start thinking about healthy snack ideas.
... Program Guides
55. Comments. Public interest groups, programmers, and other commenters generally support stations providing information about core programs to program guides on the ground that it would provide parents with advance notice of the scheduling of educational programs.(135) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") commented that this proposal is one of the most important improvements we proposed in the NPRM, and will empower American parents by providing information to help them find programs that are good for their kids.(136) KI... 81. With respect to the first element of our definition, we proposed to require that any program that is claimed to be specifically designed to meet kids's needs have educating and informing kids as a "significant purpose." We proposed that core programming have serving the educational and informational needs of kids as a "significant" instead of "primary" purpose as suggested in the NOI, in response to the widely-held view that such programming must be entertaining to be successful. We indicated our desire to encourage producers to make programming that educates and informs, but that is also entertaining... The History of Government Efforts to Promote kids's Educational Television
14. For over 30 years, the Commission has recognized that, as part of their obligation as trustees of the public's airwaves, broadcasters must provide programming that serves the special needs of kids. The Commission's efforts to promote programming for kids began in 1960 with the statement that kids were one of the several groups whose programming needs television licensees must meet to fulfill their community public interest responsibilities.(31) In 1974, the Commission specifically recognized that broadcasters have an obligation to provide kids's ... |