U.S. DOJ: Disney Agrees to $10M Civil Penalty and Injunction for Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws


The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has entered a stipulated order resolving a case against Disney Worldwide Services Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC, (collectively, Disney). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigated this matter, negotiated a resolution with Disney, and referred the case to the Department.

Under the order, Disney will pay $10 million in civil penalties as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations (COPPA) in connection with Disney’s popular YouTube video content. COPPA prohibits website operators from knowingly collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age of 13 (hereinafter, children), unless they provide notice to and obtain consent from those children’s parents.

Read more…
Source: U.S. Department of Justice


Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter
The latest cyber security news and insights delivered right to your inbox


Related:

  • Website for US deportation airline GlobalX defaced by hackers

    May 5, 2025

    Hackers defaced one of the websites of the airline at the center of President Donald Trump’s campaign of deportations to an offshore detention center in El Salvador, a Reuters viewing of the site showed on Monday. A message posted to a subdomain of GlobalX said the site had been hijacked by hackers operating under the banner ...

  • TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked

    May 5, 2025

    A hacker has exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, which provides modded versions of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, to extract archived messages and other data relating to U.S. government officials and companies who used the tool, 404 Media reported. TeleMessage came into the spotlight last week after it was reported that former ...

  • Millions of users possibly at risk after Ascension healthcare reveals new data breach, potentially linked to Cl0p ransomware

    May 1, 2025

    One of the biggest private healthcare systems in the US, Ascension, has notified patients that personally identifiable information (PII) including health data, was stolen in a previously unannounced attack affecting a former business partner in December 2024. The incident follows a previous ransomware attack in May 2024, in which the sensitive data of six million patients, ...

  • Phishing Domains Associated with LabHost PhaaS Platform Users

    April 29, 2025

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate 42,000 phishing domains linked to the LabHost phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform between November 2021 and April 2024. Prior to being disabled by law enforcement in April 2024, LabHost was one of the world’s largest PhaaS providers, offering a range of illicit services for approximately ...

  • FBI Seeking Tips about PRC-Targeting of US Telecommunications

    April 24, 2025

    FBI is issuing this announcement to ask the public to report information about PRC-affiliated activity publicly tracked as “Salt Typhoon” and the compromise of multiple US telecommunications companies, especially information about specific individuals behind the campaign. Investigation into these actors and their activity revealed a broad and significant cyber campaign to leverage access into these ...

  • Health insurance firm Blue Shield data breach exposed data of over 4.7 million members

    April 24, 2025

    Health insurance firm Blue Shield has revealed a data breach has exposed protected health data of over 4.7 million members. The information was leaked to Google’s analytics and advertisement platforms following a misconfiguration of Google analytics on Blue Shield sites. “On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics ...