Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Disney will pay millions of dollars in fines to settle a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission over allegations the entertainment giant collected troves of private data on young users on YouTube without prior parental consent.
Such consent is required by federal law.
The legal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice claimed that Disney Worldwide Services Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC allegedly violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule by failing to properly label Disney videos uploaded to YouTube as "Made for Kids" content.
"This case underscores the FTC's commitment to enforcing COPPA, which was enacted by Congress to ensure that parents, not companies like Disney, make decisions about the collection and use of their children's personal information online," FTC Chair Andrew N. Ferguson said Tuesday in a statement.
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