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OpenX to pay $2 million to settle FTC allegations of violating children's privacy law

( December 15, 2021, 21:41 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenX, a California digital ads exchange, will pay $2 million to settle allegations brought by the US Federal Trade Commission that OpenX violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC Act. OpenX, which operates a real-time bidding platform that monetizes websites and mobile apps by selling ad space, “secretly collected location data and opened the door to privacy violations on a massive scale, including against children,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.Statement and document follow below:...

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