Hershey Pennsylvania
Hershey Foods Corporation - Complaint
12. Defendant operates the www.hersheys.com website and over thirty other websites dedicated to particular brand name candies or to other marketing opportunities for its candies. The www.hersheys.com website includes a "Kidztown" area directed to children. The subject matter, visual content, and language of Kidztown are targeted to children under the age of 13. For example, Kidztown features cartoon characters in the shape of candies introducing the various children's activities. Kidztown's "Fun & Games" section includes mazes, hidden words, simple crossword puzzles and coloring activities. Kidztown also includes a section titled "Candy of the Month." ( See Exhibit A.) ... [Read More]
IRB Details
Parent Organization: IORG0000031 Pennsylvania Ste Coll Med/Hershey Med Ctr Detail ... Located at: Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA ... Located at: Hershey , PENNSYLVANIA ... [Read More]
IRB Details
Parent Organization: IORG0000031 Pennsylvania Ste Coll Med/Hershey Med Ctr Detail ... Located at: Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA ... Located at: Hershey , PENNSYLVANIA ... [Read More]
IRB Details
Parent Organization: IORG0000031 Pennsylvania Ste Coll Med/Hershey Med Ctr Detail ... Located at: Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA ... Located at: Hershey , PENNSYLVANIA ... [Read More]
Assurance Detail
ASSURANCE: - Milton S. Hershey Med Ctr ... Located at: Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA ... [Read More]
IORG Details
Located at: Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA ... IORG0000031 - Pennsylvania Ste Coll Med/Hershey Med Ctr ... [Read More]
FTC Receives Largest COPPA Civil Penalties to Date in Settlements with Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods
Hershey operates more than 30 Web sites - many of which are candy-related sites directed to children. On a number of these sites, the company allegedly employed a method of obtaining parental consent that does not meet the standard delineated under the COPPA Rule. Specifically, Hershey instructed children under 13 to have their parents fill in an online parental consent form. The FTC alleges the company took no steps to ensure that a parent or guardian saw or filled out the consent forms. The FTC further alleges that even if a parent or guardian did not submit information on the consent form, the company proceeded to collect personal information - including full name, home address, e-mail address and age - from children. According to the complaint, this method of obtaining parental consent was not reasonably calculated to ensure that the person providing consent was the child's parent. This is the first COPPA case to challenge a company's method of obtaining parental consent. ... [Read More]
State Energy Program: Hershey Sweetens Show with Wind and Solar
Hersheypark provides thrills, rides, and now also an educational program about electricity produced by solar and wind energy. Founded by Milton Hershey as a park for employees at the Hershey's Chocolate Bar factory in 1907, the amusement park is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania about 10 miles east of Harrisburg and hosts for 2.4 million visitors a year. ... Hershey Sweetens Show with Wind and Solar ... [Read More]
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