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Company: Path, Inc.
Penalty: $800,000
Year: 2013
Date: February 1, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The settlement required Path, Inc. to establish a comprehensive privacy program and to obtain independent privacy assessments every other year for the next 20 years. The company also had to pay $800,000 to settle charges that it illegally collected personal information from children without their parents consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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