The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled with children’s online gaming company Fantage.com after it “falsely claimed to be a certified participant” in the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement, The Hill reports. In its settlement announcement Tuesday, the FTC noted the company had let its Safe Harbor certification lapse. “This does not necessarily mean that the company committed any substantive violations of the privacy principles of the Safe Harbor framework or other privacy laws,” the FTC said. The proposed settlement prohibits the site “from making similar false claims in the future,” the report states. The FTC is taking “a more proactive look at this program in terms of enforcement,” FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said at an event this week.
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