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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Edmodo
Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 23, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Secondary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission obtained an order against education technology provider Edmodo for collecting personal data from children without obtaining their parent's consent and using that data for advertising, in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule), and for unlawfully outsourcing its COPPA compliance responsibilities to schools.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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