McDonald et al v. Kiloo ApS et al

  1. December 17, 2020

    Disney, Viacom Kids' Privacy Deal OK'd, But Fee Fight Lingers

    A California federal judge signed off Thursday on a settlement by Disney, Viacom and other media companies agreeing to advertising and information gathering limits on children's video games and apps, but the defendants argued over how they should divvy up $9 million in attorney fees they owe under the deal.

  2. August 06, 2020

    Disney, Viacom Agree To Limit Data Collection In Kids Apps

    Disney, Viacom, Kiloo and several other companies inked settlements Wednesday with parents who accused them in California federal court of selling information surreptitiously culled from children's video games, with the media companies agreeing to limitations on advertising and information gathering that could impact thousands of apps and games.

  3. October 28, 2019

    App Developer's Device Access Bid Too Broad, Court Told

    Parents suing Kiloo ApS and several others for allegedly illegally selling information surreptitiously culled from child video gamers are slamming the Danish app developer's bid to thoroughly examine the plaintiffs' mobile devices, arguing that the "extreme" request "tramples" on their privacy.

  4. May 23, 2019

    Kid Data Scrape Claims Against Disney, Viacom Go Forward

    A majority of the putative class claims alleging that Disney, Viacom and others illegally sold information surreptitiously culled from child video gamers has survived a dismissal bid, with a California federal judge saying the game makers downplayed the specificity of the detailed complaints.

  5. October 17, 2018

    Jury Will Likely Decide Legality Of Disney's Kid Data Scrape

    A California federal judge expressed ambivalence Wednesday about putative class claims that Disney, Viacom and others illegally sold information surreptitiously culled from child video gamers, saying while the data didn't seem very private, a jury should likely decide whether "a reasonable person would find this offensive."

  6. August 06, 2018

    Disney, Viacom Push To Dismiss Kid Data Scrape Suit

    Disney, Viacom and other companies asked a California federal court to toss proposed class actions accusing them of surreptitiously gathering kids' personal information while they play mobile games and selling it to advertisers, saying the parents leading the suits haven't shown any data was improperly collected or used.

  7. August 02, 2017

    Parents Sue Game Developer Over Collecting Kids' Data

    Parents hit developers of the mobile app Subway Surfers on Monday with a suit claiming the game, which reportedly has been downloaded more than a billion times, collects data from their children and sells it to advertisers without parental consent.

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