Earlier this week Nickelodeon pulled its SpongeBob Diner Dash application from the iOS App Store after privacy complaints — but the company is now saying it was unfairly accused and will be resubmitting the game. The Hill reports that Nickelodeon tested the app after the Center for Digital Democracy complained that it was collecting emails, names, and other identifying information from children without notifying parents — a violation of the Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA). Nickelodeon found that not to be the case in its own testing, however. While a prompt in the app did allow users to provide their email address for a newsletter, Nickelodeon says that the prompt was part of the template used to create the app,...
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