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Company: W3 Innovations, LLC dba Broken Thumbs Apps
Penalty: $50,000
Year: 2011
Date: August 15, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: A developer of mobile applications, including children's games for the iPhone and iPod touch, agreed to pay $50,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's COPPA Rule by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from tens of thousands of children under age 13 without their parents' prior consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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