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Third CCPA Enforcement Settlement with California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney Announced Against Mobile Game App

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In a joint press release published on June 18, the California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a settlement with Tilting Point Media LLC (Tilting Point) in connection with alleged violations of the...more

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No Time to Weight and Watch for Children’s Data Compliance

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled with Weight Watchers (WW) and its subsidiary Kurbo for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act  (COPPA). COPPA requires websites, apps and other...more

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FTC Settles With Weight Loss Company Over Children’s Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with WW International Inc., formerly known as Weight Watchers (WW), over allegations that the company collected children’s information without parental consent in...more

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KleptoCats Maker Settles With FTC Over Failure To Get Parental Consent

HyperBeard, the makers of several children’s mobile apps (including KleptoCats), recently settled with the FTC over failure to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s personal information online, in...more

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Amid a Spate of Activity, COPPA Remains an FTC Enforcement Priority

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Earlier this month, the FTC sent a letter to Wildec, LLC, the Ukraine-based maker of several mobile dating apps, alleging that the apps were collecting the personal information and location data of users under the age of 13...more

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FTC Issues Record Fine for COPPA Violation

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Musical.ly app receives $5.7 million fine for collecting personal information in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a record $5.7...more

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Popular Children’s App Music.ly Settles FTC COPPA Claims

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Music.ly, now known as Tik Tok, an app popular with children and teenagers, settled a lawsuit with the FTC under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) to the tune of $5.7 Million Dollars. This sum is the...more

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Protecting The Privacy Of Children Online – Updates On COPPA

Protecting the privacy of our children is inherent to parenting. Parents guard against posting pictures of their children on social media or restrict the amount of time and the types of access they have on electronic devices....more

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Mobile Ad Co Settles with FTC Over Allegations of Deceptive Geolocation Tracking And Children’s Privacy Violations for $4 Million

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On June 22, 2016, mobile advertising company InMobi Private Ltd. settled Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) claims of violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act, and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and...more

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Latest FTC Privacy Action Looks Carefully at Geolocation Promises

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A mobile device’s geolocation can be passed to apps and ad networks through various application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by Android or iOS, but there are other ways to determine a consumer’s location using...more

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