January 06, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission recently took its first shot at mobile app developers for allegedly collecting unique data linked to children for the purpose of advertising, signaling that after more than two years of relative quiet, the regulator is poised to wield the full weight of revisions both big and small to its children's online privacy rule.
December 22, 2015
App maker TapBlaze agreed in California federal court Monday to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that it violated kids' privacy by allowing advertisers to profile them without obtaining parental consent.
December 17, 2015
Mobile app developer TapBlaze has violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by allowing advertisers to profile and monitor kids who play its games, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged in California federal court Thursday.