AgeCheq hopes to save app developers and game companies from impending fed crackdown

The feds are set to begin slapping app developers and mobile game companies with hefty fines for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act starting any day.

And software startup AgeCheq’s software solution will help protect third parties such as advertisers, gaming outfits, and others from the most inconvenient of federal overtures: stiff penalties — or even putting you out of business. The feds have the power, but AgeCheq says its tools will help companies properly safeguard the types of information apps and virtual games are collecting and storing about kids 13 and under, according to AgeCheq chief executive Roy Smith.