Sunday, February 3, 2013

Path settles with the FTC over contact privacy violations

Path settles with the FTC over contact privacy violations

Path was quick to mend its ways after a dust-up over collecting contact information from iOS users without their consent, but it wasn't quick enough to avoid FTC claims of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. All that is just water under the bridge in the wake of a new settlement. As compensation for collecting contact information from 3,000 children without their parents' permission, Path has agreed to both pay a $800,000 fee and implement a privacy plan that will require audits from an outside party every other year. Consider it a lesson learned for Path and other mobile app firms, which now know that scraping personal data may have unintended consequences.

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Via: TechCrunch, The Next Web

Source: FTC

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/01/path-settles-with-the-ftc-over-contact-privacy-violations/

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