FTC settles with Machinima for paying YouTube influencers to endorse Xbox One
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges with Machinima, which had been accused of deceptive advertising by paying “influencers” to post YouTube videos that...
Mobile game developer TinyCo apologizes to the feds for improper marketing toward children
Mobile game developer TinyCo is sorry. The San Francisco-based iOS and Android studio settled with the Federal Trade Commission yesterday and apologized for its transgression. TinyCo paid a $300,000 fine for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Mobile app developers will bear brunt of FTC crackdown
Many mobile app developers are clueless when it comes to COPPA and what they need to do to avoid massive fines by the FTC.
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...
Apple’s shelling out $32.5 million to parents burned by their kids’ in-app spending sprees
Apple has agreed to dole out $32.5 million to affected parents over the next twelve months.