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iPhone App Developers Pay $50,000 For Collecting Children's Info

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First Posted: 08/16/11 10:17 AM ET Updated: 10/16/11 06:12 AM ET

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Ars Technica:

The parent company of Broken Thumbs Apps--a prominent iOS app maker responsible for games like Zombie Duck Hunt, Truth or Dare, and Emily's Dress Up--has today settled with the Federal Trade Commission over its apparent collection of children's personal data in its iPhone and iPod touch apps. Though the FTC has gone after other companies for similar violations, this case is the first focused on mobile apps.

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The parent company of Broken Thumbs Apps--a prominent iOS app maker responsible for games like Zombie Duck Hunt, Truth or Dare, and Emily's Dress Up--has today settled with the Federal Trade Commissio...
The parent company of Broken Thumbs Apps--a prominent iOS app maker responsible for games like Zombie Duck Hunt, Truth or Dare, and Emily's Dress Up--has today settled with the Federal Trade Commissio...
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11:13 AM on 08/16/2011
They should go after Apple.  After all, Apple screens every app that enters it's store to make sure it is "safe" for use by their users.  How did blatant phishing apps make it past the "fortress" that is Apple?
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