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Legal
3 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2022
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Legal

10.Legal

Federal Trade Commission Matter

The Company received a letter from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) dated September 3, 2019, advising that the FTC was conducting a non-public inquiry into the practices of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Kurbo, Inc. (“Kurbo”) relating to the collection, use, disclosure and sharing of personal information. Kurbo offers a paid private coaching service as well as a free app to help families teach children healthy habits. The FTC focused on whether certain practices in the Kurbo free app complied with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). On February 16, 2022, the FTC filed a complaint and proposed settlement order in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to resolve allegations that Kurbo violated COPPA by failing to provide required notices and obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from children using the Kurbo app. In connection with the settlement, Kurbo and the Company were required, among other things: (i) to update their procedures to ensure that they obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children, (ii) to destroy all of the personal information they may have obtained without verifiable parental consent as well as any models or algorithms based on that information, (iii) to update their records retention policy to require destruction of user information one year after a child stops tracking in the Kurbo app, and (iv) to pay a civil penalty of $1,500. Kurbo and the Company deny all of the material allegations in the FTC complaint and deny that either Kurbo or the Company ever violated COPPA or otherwise engaged in any wrongdoing. They entered into the settlement solely to resolve the matter and avoid the expense of litigation. The settlement became final when the court entered the Consent Order on March 3, 2022.

Other Litigation Matters

Due to the nature of the Company’s activities, it is also, at times, subject to other pending and threatened legal actions that arise out of the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the disposition of any such matters is not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. However, the results of legal actions cannot be predicted with certainty. Therefore, it is possible that the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows could be materially adversely affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of one or more legal actions.