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Disney to pay fine to FTC for collecting marketing data from children

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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
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