Officials said Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which prevents companies from gathering personal data of children without parental consent.
Breakdown
- Disney will pay a $10 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Disney mislabeled some YouTube videos, failing to mark them as made for kids. 5s
- This allowed for the collection of personal data from children under 13 for targeted advertising. 13s
- The FTC says Disney ignored warnings from YouTube in 2020 about the mislabeling. 21s
- Disney will launch a video review program to ensure proper labeling in the future. 34s