FTC Wins Quarter Of A Million Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission has won a quarter million dollar settlement against an online game operator. FTC says the operator took personal information from 179,000 children. In doing so, Rock You violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. The company also had poor cybersecurity practices, according to the FTC. It exposed passwords and other personal information of 32 million users to hackers. Under the settlement, RockYou must revise its security and privacy policies.