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This handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows the cover of the FTC's “Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade" guide. The FTC is investigating an unspecified number of software companies that make cellphone apps to determine whether they have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from their phones then sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the agency said. Such apps can capture a child's physical location, phone numbers of their friends and more. (Associated Press/FTC)
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This undated handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows an advertisement for the `Your Baby Can Read' program. The man behind the `Your Baby Can Read' program _ videos claiming to teach infants to read _ is in trouble with the FTC. The FTC has filed false and deceptive advertising charges against the creator, Robert Titzer, for promoting the program in ads and product packaging as a tool to teach infants as young as nine months to read. The `Your Baby Can Read' program used a combination of videos, flash cards and pop-up books and was advertised extensively on television, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/FTC)
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The Federal Trade Commission has accused Robert Titzer of false and deceptive advertising for promoting his "Your Baby Can Read" program in ads and product packaging as a tool to teach infants as young as 9 months to read. (AP Photo/Federal Trade Commission)
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"When companies make privacy pledges, they need to honor them," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said. (Associated Press)
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FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is seen through the curtains during a news conference at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington on Aug. 4, 2010, to discuss the Intel antitrust case. (Associated Press)
