On November 21, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.4 million settlement with Jam City, Inc. (“Jam City”), a mobile gaming app company, for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA’s”) opt-out of sale/sharing requirements. The settlement represents California’s sixth CCPA enforcement action.
The California AG alleged that Jam City violated the CCPA by:
- sharing (for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes) or selling (for monetary or other valuable consideration) consumers’ personal information without providing CCPA-compliant opt-out mechanisms; and
- for certain games, failing to obtain affirmative opt-in consent to sell or share the personal information of minors aged 13 to 16.
In addition to the $1.4 million civil penalty, the settlement requires Jam City to:
- implement CCPA-compliant in-app opt-out mechanisms that allow consumers to restrict the sale and sharing of their personal information; and
- stop selling or sharing the personal information of minors between the ages of 13 and 16 without their affirmative opt-in consent.
In the press release announcing the settlement, Attorney General Bonta reminded app providers that the CCPA requires apps to provide consumers with a simple, transparent and easy-to-navigate mechanism to opt out of the sale and sharing of their personal information.
