Legal Trend. Regulatory Trend. Settling with Companies that Gather Data about Kids.

The State: New York

NY Settled a suit with Hasbro, JumpStart Games, Mattel & Viacom for violating what law? The federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

What did the companies do? Gather personal data about children under 13

The settlement: collective $835,000 in penalties plus regular reporting to New York regulators

Engadget | Websites settle with New York over online child tracking