U.S. Federal Trade Commissioners voted 5-0 on a $1.5 million joint settlement order from the commission and the Department of Justice against fitness and diet service provider WW International stemming from alleged Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations. In addition to the fine, the FTC, for the first time, ordered a company to destroy all previously collected personal information associated with the allegations as well as the products that used or incorporated the information. The orders stem from data collection on minors under 13 from 2014 to 2019.
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