Path fined $800k over privacy debacle   If you remember, there
was a lot of hubbub surrounding Path about a year ago. It had
been collecting user information without their permission, and
this was a serious problem. Apple went as far as making it
where, now in iOS 6, applications give you a prompt asking if
each can access different parts of the device. The FTC announced
today that Path has settled the charges, and agreed to pay an
$800,000 fine. Path released a statement claiming that part of
the misunderstanding was that children under the age of 13 were
able to make accounts, even when asked for their birthdate in
the sign up process:   Over the next 20 years, Path is also
required to receive independent privacy assessments every other
year. The problem has been fixed for quite a while, but this all
was still going on due to the damage done before the fixes came
into play. This even went as far as the United States Congress
sending a letter to Apple regarding how secure (or insecure)
users’ address books a