Summary
Disney will pay $10 million to settle claims with the U.S. government that it violated children's privacy laws. The settlement is about Disney not labeling some YouTube videos as made for children, which led to kids getting targeted ads without parental consent. Disney also agreed to follow children's data protection rules more closely in the future.
Key Facts
- Disney is paying $10 million to resolve claims of breaking children's privacy laws.
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) raised concerns over Disney not labeling videos for children on YouTube.
- This resulted in children's data being collected and targeted ads shown without parental consent.
- Disney agreed to create a program to follow children's data protection laws.
- The agreement is tied to Disney's content on YouTube, not its other digital platforms.
- Following a 2019 FTC and YouTube settlement, content for kids must have labels to prevent data collection.
- Disney did not label certain videos as for children, which violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
- Disney was aware of these issues with video labeling as early as June 2020.
