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Weight Watchers settles US FTC complaint for $1.5 million, will delete kids' data

( March 4, 2022, 17:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission settled a complaint with the company formerly known as Weight Watchers for violations of children's privacy law. The $1.5 million settlement requires the company to delete personal information previously collected that did not comply with parental notification requirements under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. In addition, WW International must destroy any algorithms derived from that data. A complaint alleges the company marketed a weight loss app for use by children as young as eight and then collected their personal information without parental permissionStatement and documents follow below:...

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