FTC Settles Three COPPA Cases
The Federal Trade Commission has settled three cases against web sites that violated children�s privacy, and ran afoul of the Children�s Online Privacy Protection Act. The three sites were illegally collecting personally identifying information from children. The three site operators have agreed to pay $100,000 in civil penalties for the violations and erase all personally identifying information collected since the COPPA rule was put into effect.FTC Announces Settlements with Web Sites That Collected Children's Personal Data Without Parental Permission, FTC Press Release, FTC Web Site.
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