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Oct. 7, 2014

FTC settlements flesh out online privacy law

San Francisco technology companies Yelp Inc. and Tinyco Inc. became the latest trophies in the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing effort to crack down on companies that knowingly collect information from children.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Francisco technology companies Yelp Inc. and TinyCo Inc. recently became the latest trophies in the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing effort to crack down on companies that knowingly collect information from children, giving app developers and their attorneys new intel in their ongoing quest to avoid the agency's ire.


TinyCo received a civil penalty of $300,000 after the FTC determined t...

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