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On June 9, 2011, the FTC announced its settlement with California Internet marketer Jaivin Karnani and his company, Balls of Kryptonite, as well as several associated companies, to settle charges that the defendants tricked British consumers into believing that the defendants were based in the United Kingdom by using foreign websites ending in “.co.uk”
On May 12, 2011, the FTC announced that it had settled a case it brought against Playdom, Inc., a developer of online multi-player games, alleging that Playdom violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from hundreds of thousands of children under age 13 without their parents’ prior consent
