Jan 12, 2009 | Luke Gilman 0
Sony Pays $1 Million for Child-Privacy Breach (COPPA)
Sony Music agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it knowingly collected and disclosed personal information of as many as 30,000 children under the age of 13, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. It illustrates the special obligations of companies interactions with children online that they would do well to keep in mind when setting policies and business objectives.
- Wired: Sony Dinged $1 Million for Child-Privacy Breach
- United States of America (For the Federal Trade Commission), Plaintiff, v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a general partnership subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Defendant (United States District Court For the Southern District of New York), Case No. 08 CV 10730 (LAK)
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