Disney to Pay $10 Million to Settle Allegations of Unlawful Collection of Children’s Data: FTC

The company is now obliged to notify parents before obtaining personal data of children younger than than 13, the Federal Trade Commission said.

Visitors take photos of the Castle of Magical Dreams in Walt Disney Co.'s Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong on June 18, 2020. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images

Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a complaint alleging that the company unlawfully collected children’s personal data, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a Sept. 2 statement.

The Sept. 2 complaint against Disney, filed by the Department of Justice after being notified by the FTC, alleged that the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by failing to properly label some videos that it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids,” the FTC said in a statement.