The Federal Trade Commission has announced that a mobile applications developer has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's rules by illegally collecting and disclosing e-mail addresses and other personal information of tens of thousands of children under the age of 13. The settlement comes in the FTC's first case involving mobile apps; FTC officials have said they were working on such cases."The FTC's COPPA Rule requires parental notice and consent before collecting children's personal information online, whether through a website or a mobile app," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said Aug. 15. "Companies must give parents the opportunity to make smart choices when it comes to their children's sharing of information on smart phones."
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