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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by bunderbunder on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:54PM (#19039970)
Typically when children participate in a study, it's also been previously approved by an Institutional Review Board, and the IRB expects to either see that the potential harm is minimal, or that the potential benefit is easily great enough to justify the risks.

It's hard for me to see either of those cases being a slam dunk here. There's at least some potential for serious harm in the event of a data breach. And the potential benefit - an already rich company getting even richer - doesn't carry a whole lot of moral weight.

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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by javagram on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:18AM (#19042558)
I believe IRBs are only required for federally funded research such as that performed by universities.

I’ve never heard of corporate market research being reviewed and approved by an IRB. Not sure how that would work since the board would hardly be independent anyway, but I’d guess the main reason it doesn’t happen is there is no law requiring it.

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