Update: House to Hear Why Google Collected Kids Social Sec. Numbers (last 4 digits)

Consumer Watchdog has sent a letter to the co-chairmen of the House Privacy Caucus, asking for hearings to inquire why Google solicited partial Social Security numbers for its Doodle 4 Google contest. The two co-chairman of the caucus said later on Thursday that they have agreed to a hearing. A Google spokesman acknowledged that the search giant had asked for the last four digits of the Social Security numbers of the children that had applied for this year's contest on parental consent forms to help weed out duplicate entries. The most recent version of the form, uploaded on Feb. 18,...