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RockYou Agrees to $250K FTC Fine Over Loss Of 32m Passwords

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with RockYou over violations of the Children s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) RockYou developed social games and advertising products for social media Web sites. The exact source of the data breach in December, 2009, hasn t been revealed. Under a proposed settlement with the FTC, RockYou will have to delete information collected from children under age 13 and require the company to implement a data security program and submit to security audits.

Source: https://threatpost.com/rockyou-agrees-250k-ftc-fine-over-loss-32m-passwords-032812/76377/

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