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Company: Hershey Foods Corporation
Current Parent Company: Hershey
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Penalty: $85,000
Year: 2003
Date: February 27, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods Corporation each agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their websites violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without first obtaining the proper parental consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.