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Playdom, Inc., an online game company owned by Disney Enterprises, Inc., and Playdom’s Chief Executive Officer, Howard Marks (the “Defendants”), agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that they violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) by collecting, using and disclosing the personal information of children under the age of 13 without their parents’ prior, verifiable consent
