The Jonas Brothers‘ fan web site wrongly collected the names and cell phone numbers of kids under the age of 13 without their parents’ consent, according to an industry watchdog.
The band’s site thus potentially violated a federal law which prevents web sites from collecting info about kids.
The site, JonasBrothersFanClub.com, tipped off kids to enter a fake age so that they did not need their parents permission to begin receiving spam from the band, according to the Children’s Advertising Review Unit.
After an exam by CARU the web site — run by Ultrastar Entertainment – has promised to alter its policies so that parental consent is required by users under the age of 13 when they download stuff from the boy band that evolved from 1980s hair metal combo Property of the Queen.
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