Xanga Fined for Violating Privacy of Children
Michael Zhang · September 8, 2006
The popular blog service Xanga has been ordered to pay $1 million in a settlement it made with Federal Trade Commission for violating COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Xanga had been allowing users to create accounts and blogs even when the age entered by the user at registration indicated that they were younger than 13. COPPA is a United States federal law that restricts the collection of personal information from children under 13, unless there is verifiable parental consent.
In response to this settlement, Xanga plans to implement new methods of making the service safer for children.
Comments
what??
is $1 a typo?
$1 million perhaps?
Thanks albert, for bringing that error to my attention.