Disney Offers $50,000 to Eliminate Toysmart.com Customer Database
According to a bankruptcy settlement in the Toysmart.com case, a Disney subsidiary will offer $50,000 to Toysmart.com to eliminate its customer database.Toysmart.com's practices in regards to collecting personal identifying information from consumers were the focus of FTC privacy enforcement action in 2000.
Toysmart.com case settled: Disney unit will pay $50K for defunct firm, which will destroy its own customer records, CNNFN, January 9, 2001
Settlement Made in Toysmart Case to Protect Customer Names, Mercury Center (AP), January 9, 2001.
Disney Unit Is Offering $50,000 To Toysmart to Kill Customer List, Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2001 (subscription required).
FTC Announces Settlement With Bankrupt Website, Toysmart.com, Regarding Alleged Privacy Policy Violations, Federal Trade Commission Press Release, July 21, 2000.
