Child advocates target YouTube
hemoths such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America would want to retain the word “community” in their names, not discard it.
“The word ‘community’ is a very, very strong word,” he said. “I’m surprised that they’re doing it. I don’t understand that, to be honestwith you.”
Along with the name change, all of Popular’s South Florida branches are receiving makeovers where customers will be greeted with an “open environment”
that Velasco compared with that of AT&T stores. Customers can choose to consult a customer representative or bank by touchscreens.
“We have made great strides in bringing our operations closer together,” said Ignacio Alvarez, president andCEOofPopular Inc. in a statement. “Popular in the U.S. represents 22 percent of our total assets and is a main source of growth for Popular Inc.”
Founded in 1893, Popular Inc. does business in South Florida, the New York metropolitan area and the Caribbean, and ranks among
the top U.S. banks $44.3 billion in assets.
Popular says its assets have doubled on the U.S. mainland from $5 billion to nearly $10 billion since 2014. At one point, the bank operated branches in South and Central Florida, New York, California, Texas and Chicago. But Popular exited all of those markets except for South Florida and New York — and is bigger today than when it maintained a broaderU.S. mainland presence, Velasco said.
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dvlyons@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4340 or Twitter @davidvlyons customers to sip and stroll around the store jamming to live or classic rock music. Think of it as a cross between a brewery, farmer’s market, and the best of several grocery chains packed into one interesting about 45,000-square-foot store.
It has four craft brews on tap— Oakland Park’s Funky Buddha Floridian among them — for $2 a pint, along with a selection of wines for $3 a glass. Stopby the cafe to grab a glass, clip the special cup holder onto your cart,
A coalition of child advocates and consumer groups is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate YouTube for allegedly violating children’s online privacy by collecting kids’ data and targeting ads to them.
and you’re ready to roll.
Lucky’s stocks its own brands of products and wines, about 50 percent of them organic, and has a large selection of prepared foods. It cures and smokes itsownmeats, selling bacon, deli meats and sausages free of antibiotics, growth hormones and nitrates. It also has bulk nuts, candy, coffee andother foods in self-serve bins.
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A complaint scheduled to be filed Monday with the FTC argues that Google, which owns YouTube, has profited off the collection of personal data from children who watch cartoons and other videos on the platform.
YouTube says it will review the complaint and considerways to improve.
Its terms of service say it’s not for children under 13, but the platform is widely popular among children of all ages.
An FTC spokeswoman says the agency hasn’t yet received the complaint.
It was drafted by the Center for DigitalDemocracy, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other groups.