FTC hits social networking site Xanga with $1 million fine for COPPA violations

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FTC hits social networking site Xanga with $1 million fine for COPPA violations

09-08-2006, 09:38 AM,

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FTC hits social networking site Xanga with $1 million fine for COPPA violations

Quote:Social networking Web site Xanga.com will pay $1 million the largest penalty ever issued for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act for repeatedly allowing children under 13 to sign up for the service without getting their parent's consent, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday.

In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Xanga, a rival to the popular MySpace.com, allegedly permitted creation of 1.7 million accounts by users who submitted birthdays indicating they were under 13. Collecting personal information from anyone under 13 without parental consent is a violation of the children's protection act, or COPPA, which was passed by Congress in 1998...

According to the FTC, after signing up for the service, children often posted personal information on their blogs...

full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14718350/

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