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HyperBeard, Inc.
HyperBeard, a developer of apps that are popular with children has agreed to pay $150,000 and to delete personal information it illegally collected from children under 13 to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations. In a complaint filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC, the Commission alleges that HyperBeard, Inc. violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) by allowing third-party ad networks to collect personal information in the form of persistent identifiers to track users of the company’s child-directed apps, without notifying parents or obtaining verifiable parental consent. The ad networks used the identifiers to target ads to children using HyperBeard’s apps.
Swiss Digital Game Developer Settles FTC Allegations that it Falsely Claimed it was a Member of COPPA Safe Harbor Program
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding Miniclip and the COPPA Safe Harbors
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Stalking Apps Developer
FTC Extends Deadline for Comments on COPPA Rule until December 11
FTC Brings First Case Against Developers of “Stalking” Apps
FTC Extends Deadline for Comments on COPPA Rule until December 9
FTC to Host Workshop on October 7 to Examine COPPA Rule
FTC Releases Agenda for Workshop on Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule
Google LLC and YouTube, LLC
Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube, LLC agreed to pay a $170 million civil penalty to the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General to settle allegations that the YouTube video sharing service illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA).
Prepared Remarks of Chairman Joe Simons at FTC YouTube Settlement Press Conference
Statement of Chairman Joe Simons and Commissioner Christine Wilson Regarding YouTube
Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding YouTube
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding YouTube
Google and YouTube Will Pay Record $170 Million for Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Law
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