Path Settles With FTC Over Complaints It Took Personal Data
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Path Inc., the developer of a mobile social-networking application, settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over complaints that it deceived consumers by collecting personal information from mobile address books.
The company also will pay $800,000 to settle charges that it illegally collected data from children without getting their parents’ consent, the FTC said today in a statement. Path said in a blog post that it has since closed those accounts.