Government Actions
The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

On September 16, 2014 The Federal Trade Commission filed a stipulated order for permanent injunction and civil penalty judgment in Case3:14-cv-04163-JCS against Yelp, Inc.
According to the injunction, it is alleged that Yelp, Inc. collected personal information from children under 13 years old in connection with operating their online service. The complaint further charges that Yelp violated the COPPA Rule by failing to provide notice to parents of its information practices, and to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children.
Yelp has been ordered to pay a $450,000 civil penalty and is permanently restrained and enjoined from failing to make reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent of a child receives direct notice of its practices with regard to the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children, failing to post a prominent and clearly labeled link to an online notice of its information practices with regard to children, and failing to obtain verifiable parental consent before any collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children, including any material change in the collection, use, or disclosure practices to which the parent has previously consented.

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