The commission said there was "little progress toward giving parents the information they need to determine what data is being collected from their children, how it is being shared, or who will have access to it. The FTC and other organizations want the law to be updated to reflect the smartphone and tablet realities of 2012.Įarlier this month, the FTC issued a second report about mobile apps and children's privacy, comparing a new survey of kids' apps with its 2011 study, taking Apple, Google and app developers to task.
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The game - which has been downloaded 10 million times for iPhone and iPad according to PlayFirst's blog - asks children to provide "a wide range of personal information, including full name, email address and other online contact information, without providing notice to parents or obtaining prior parental consent, as required" by COPPA, says the Center for Digital Democracy.ĬOPPA, which requires commercial websites to obtain parental permission before collecting the personal info of any user under the age of 13, was passed by Congress in 1998 - long before mobile apps came into being. Diner Dash has opened a whole new franchise in Bikini Bottom With 50levels of culinary chaos in five unique underwater restaurants its up to youand SpongeBob to seat serve and satisfy even the squirmiest of patrons.
The Center for Digital Democracy, a non-profit advocacy group that addresses Internet and broadband issues, filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Trade Commission, asking it to investigate and take action against Nickelodeon and mobile game maker PlayFirst for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act with the game "SpongeBob Diner Dash."
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