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.
October 16, 2018
A California federal judge has shot down Viacom's bid to send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully collecting and selling personal information belonging to children who used one of its mobile apps, ruling that there was no evidence that the users had ever seen or agreed to the arbitration requirement.
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 08, 2017
Viacom was slapped with a proposed class action in California federal court Monday by parents who allege the company violates child privacy laws by secretly collecting kids' personal information as they play mobile games and selling that data to advertising networks.