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On February 1st, 2013, Path Inc. ("Path") agreed to pay an $800,000 civil penalty to settle charges brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") that Path unlawfully collected personal information from children without parental consent.
Approximately 3,000 of these children were under the age of 13.
Path also has settled FTC civil charges that it collected personal information from users' mobile address books without their knowledge and consent. The settlement requires that Path establish a comprehensive privacy program and that it obtain independent privacy assessments every other year for 20 years.
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Attorney Charles Jerome Ware formerly served as Special Legal and Microeconomist Counsel to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Prior to that he held the position of Senior Assistant to the Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition in Washington, D.C.
[see, www.ftc.gov/opa/2013-02/path.shtm; www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ "Path/FTC Settlement-Much More Than A Slap On The Wrist"; www.pcworld.com/article/02-03-2013/ "FTC Fines Maker of Path App $800,000 for privacy violations"; www.latimes.com/business/technology/02-01-2013/ "Mobile Social Networking App Path Settles With FTC for $800,000"; www.techcrunch.com/02-01-2013/ "Path Settles With FTC Over Privacy Row, Will Pay $800,000 And Establish New Privacy Program Including Outside Audits"]
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