Defense nixes vendor of online monitoring software over privacy concerns

EchoMetrix Inc., a vendor of parental control software that is already under fire for alleged violations of an online children's privacy law, has been suspended from selling its products on a U.S. Department of Defense shopping portal because of privacy concerns. The action was taken in late October, barely three weeks after EchoMetrix began listing its Internet monitoring products for sale through the U.S. Army and Air Force Exchange Service's Exchange Online Mall. However, news of the suspension surfaced only this week.

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