Childrens Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age
Complying with COPPA: Frequently Asked Questions COPPA applies to photos, videos, and audio files that contain children’s images or voices It also applies to geolocation data contained in these files sufficient to identify street name and name of city or town
FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies . . . “The updated COPPA rule strengthens key protections for kids’ privacy online,” said FTC Chair Lina M Khan “By requiring parents to opt in to targeted advertising practices, this final rule prohibits platforms and service providers from sharing and monetizing children’s data without active permission
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule: A Six-Step Compliance Plan . . . The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online For example, if your company is covered by COPPA, y
Childrens Privacy - Federal Trade Commission The COPPA Rule puts additional protections in place and streamlines other procedures that companies covered by the rule need to follow The COPPA FAQs can help keep your company COPPA compliant
Kids Privacy (COPPA) | Federal Trade Commission FTC Denies Application for New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA (March 29, 2024 ) FTC Extends Deadline by 60 days for Commission Decision on ESRB Application for New Consent Mechanism Under COPPA (January 29, 2024 ) FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for January 18 Open Commission Meeting (January 11, 2024 )
Verifiable Parental Consent and the Childrens Online Privacy Rule The COPPA Rule does not mandate the method a company must use to get parental consent Instead, it says that an operator must choose a method reasonably designed in light of available technology to ensure that the person giving the consent is the child’s parent
FTC Proposes Strengthening Children’s Privacy Rule to Further Limit . . . The COPPA Rule, which first went into effect in 2000, requires certain websites and other online services that collect personal information from children under the age of 13 to provide notice to parents and obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from these children
COPPA Safe Harbor Program - Federal Trade Commission The COPPA Rule requires the Commission to act on a request for "safe harbor" treatment within 180 days of the filing of the request, and after the proposed guidelines have been subject to notice and comment