- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2020-06-05T16:25:00
App developer HyperBeard reached a watered-down $150,000 settlement with the FTC for illegally collecting children’s personal data without adequate disclosure and parental authorization.
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Epic Games, developer of the popular video game Fortnite, agreed to pay a record-breaking $520 million in penalties and restitution to settle allegations it violated online child privacy laws and employed illegal purchase patterns.
With increased use of remote learning putting children’s online privacy in the spotlight, regulators are stepping up their oversight and responding accordingly.
Swiss-based digital game maker Miniclip has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for lying about its participation in a children’s privacy self-regulatory program.
Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement at the California Privacy Protection Agency, described priorities for the agency now and in the near future during a recent board meeting.
Eight large companies, including Mastercard and JPMorgan Chase, have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to provide detailed reports about their possibly secret use of artificial intelligence to track customers and use the information to set prices.
Facial recognition company Clearview AI reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, with the company agreeing to compensate victims with stake in the company.
