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| | FOXNews.com - Xanga Settles With FTC for $1 Million - Technology News | News On Technology |
 | | The complaint charges that the defendants knew they were collecting and disclosing personal information from children under 13 because over the past five years, the site allowed 1.7 million visitors to create Xanga accounts after they provided a birth date indicating they were under that age, the FTC said. |
 | | Xanga also does not allow instant messaging and chat, or allow profile searches based on sex, age or gender, according to the company. |
 | | The order does require Xanga to delete personal information collected and maintained by the site that violated COPPA, and to provide links on some of their sites to FTC consumer education materials for the next five years. |
| www.foxnews.com /wires/2006Sep07/0,4670,XangaSettlement,00.html (371 words) |
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