Disney will pay a $10 million fine for tagged videos on YouTube and allow personal data to be collected from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent The FTC said in the announcement.
this complain The FCC said the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court claiming that Disney uploaded the video to YouTube, and the channel defaulted on the video as “not made for the kids” when the video was supposed to be tagged as “Made for kids. ”
Due to the mislabel, videos designed to be collected for children are more information than they should have been collected and use that information to target ads for children under the age of 13. This error enables the autoplay feature in the video, which violates Coppa, a child’s online privacy protection rule.
Disney representatives did not immediately respond to emails seeking comments.
In addition to the $10 million civil penalty for suspected violations of COPPA, Disney also agreed to comply with COPPA by notifying parents and obtaining consent for videos that are “not suitable for children” and establishing a review program on how to tag their videos, agreeing to comply with COPPA. According to the FTC, “This forward-looking provision reflects and anticipates the growing use of age-assurance technology to protect children online.”
In addition, FTC also COPPA-related actions targeting toy maker Yuan Technologywhich one Making a robot The FTC accused children aged 6 to 14 of collecting geographic information from children through third-party apps in China. The FTC imposed a $500,000 fine.
