December 17, 2020
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.
May 23, 2019
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.
August 06, 2018
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.
August 04, 2017
The Walt Disney Co. was slapped with a proposed class action Thursday in California federal court alleging that the company violates privacy law by surreptitiously collecting children's personal information while they play mobile games and sharing that data with advertising networks.