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In August of 2017 a Federal Class Action Lawsuit was files against the Walt Disney Company. Within the current lawsuit the Plaintiff Amanda Rushing is stating that the Walt Disney company, Defendant aren’t abiding by the Children’s Online Privacy Act. Its stated that the company is collecting children’s information from apps and sharing them without parental consent.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act also known as COPPA. COPPA is a law that was put into place to protect children under the age of 13. COPPA was passes based on the fact that a lot of the online marketing in the 90’s was targeting children. With these websites targeting children they were collecting personal data from children without the knowledge of their parents. COPPA was put into place by Congress in 1988 but didn’t take full effect until April of 2000. The Federal Trade Commission also known as the FTC is responsible for managing COPPA. Within COPPA there are specific guidelines that need to be followed in order to protect your company as well as your consumers. COPPA states that companies:
• must require parental consent for minors when asking for personal …show more content…

Right now, the Walt Disney company has over 50 plus mobile apps. With the recent accusations against the company there are claimed to be 42 different apps that ask for information from its minor consumers without the consent of a parent or guardian. While the Walt Disney Company is the face of these apps there are also three different software companies that are also involved in the making of these apps. Those companies are the Upsight, Unity, and Kochava. Its alleged that these apps aren’t just asking the minors for information without parental consent, but they are also tracking, collecting, and sending their personal information. The Walt Disney Company had to say this about the

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