VTech to Pay FTC $650k Over Kids Privacy Violations in Connected-Toy Hack
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Two-year-old vulnerabilities in VTech’s connected-toy platforms led to a 2015 breach of the Learning Lodge, Kid Connect and Planet VTech services that exposed personal data for about 5 million users, many of them children. The FTC alleged violations of COPPA and that promised encryption was not implemented; VTech agreed to pay $650,000 to settle the matter without admitting wrongdoing and said it has since improved data security and consent practices.
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