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Study finds marketers are gathering data on your kids from the apps they use | The Atlanta Voice

Your preschooler's privacy is likely being violated by the child-centered games or educational apps he or she is playing - perhaps on your very own smartphone or tablet - in direct violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. That's the shocking finding of a new study analyzing how developers collect and share personal digital information while children are using […]

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1867

Congressman William L

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18

1949

Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave B

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3

1947

Death of Horace Mann Bond

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21

1972

Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Caro

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21

1898

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19

1891

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27

1981

Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congre

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5

1892

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9

1957

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1940

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1974

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22

1868

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1909

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21

1773

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

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1961

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23

1951

Matthew Henson receives a joint medal by Congress

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28

1944

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22

2001

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3

1949

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

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6

1928

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21

1915

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