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FTC Fines Yelp $450K For Allegedly Collecting Email Addresses From Children
- Adweek, Wednesday, September 17, 2014 8:26 PM
Yelp has settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after being accused of illegally collecting email addresses from children without parental consent. In the suit, the FTC alleged that Yelp allowed minors to open new accounts during a four-year period beginning in 2009. Yelp contends that only about 0.02 percent of those members that signed up were underage. The online reviews company will pay $450,000 to settle the suit.
