Disney is accused of spying on children through 42 children's apps

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A San Francisco woman named Amanda Rushing has sued Disney, along with three other software companies, Upsight, Unity, and Kochava, accusing them of collecting information from their minor daughter without her consent while playing the Disney Princess game Palace Pets, and then sell it to advertising companies.

In the complaint Amanda Rushing accuses Disney of violating children's privacy laws in 42 children's apps, and sharing this information with advertisers, without parental consent. According to the report, these apps "include software to track, collect and export personal information, along with online behavioral information."

In the list there are well-known Disney games like Beauty and the Beast, several of the sagas Disney Princess and Sofia, Star Wars TM: Commander, or the po[CENSORED]r saga Where's my Water:

In the United States there is a regulation called COPPA that prevents software companies from collecting personal information from children under the age of 13, without the consent of the parents. This includes data such as geolocation or IP address.

The company responded with a statement: "Disney has a robust COPPA compatibility program, and we maintain a strict policy of data collection and use of Disney apps created for children and families. The complaint is based on a misunderstanding Fundamental of the principles of COPPA, which we intend to defend in the trial. "

In 2011 one of Disney's subsidiaries, Playdom, had to pay a $ 3 million fine after showing that it illegally collected information from thousands of children under the age of 13, without parental consent.