FTC Busts App Maker For Collecting Kids’ E-mail Addresses

When it comes to privacy law, the exploding world of mobile apps are pretty much the wild west. There’s no general-purpose federal law regulating privacy—except when it comes to kids. Broken Thumbs Apps, a maker of apps for kids, will have to pay $50,000 for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, according to the terms of a settlement made public today.

The slapdown of Broken Thumb Apps, and its parent company W3 Innovations, are reminders that even as the Federal Trade Commission is considering asking Congress for new online privacy regulation, the agency also has rekindled its interest in tougher enforcement of the privacy laws it already is in charge of enforcing—especially ones that affect kids.

Source: PaidContent.org