To settle charges of obtaining personal data from children without parental consent, Path has agreed to pay an $800,000 fine and set up a privacy program, the US Federal Trade Commission has announced. To comply with privacy concerns, Path will moreover have to get independent privacy assessments performed every other year for the next 20 years. The core issue is only indirectly related to problems with the handling of address book data; specifically, the FTC has been investigating the age gate system in Path's iOS app, which it says led to violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protect
