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 covers the collection of geolocation information “sufficient” to identify street name and name of city or town COPPA applies even if the child is not asked to provide an actual street address For example, COPPA would apply if an app collects the user’s longitude and latitude
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
Kids Privacy (COPPA) - Federal Trade Commission Statement of Commissioner Alvaro Martin Bedoya Regarding the Policy Statement on Education Technology and COPPA (May 19, 2022) Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding HyperBeard, Inc (June 4, 2020) Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding Miniclip and the COPPA Safe Harbors (May 19, 2020)
Childrens Privacy | Federal Trade Commission The COPPA FAQs can help keep your company COPPA compliant Learn about the COPPA Safe Harbor Program and about organizations the FTC has approved to implement safe harbor programs You can also get information about ways to get verifiable parental consent – including new methods the Commission has approved – and the process for seeking
Verifiable Parental Consent and the Childrens Online Privacy Rule . . . In addition to the methods listed in the COPPA Rule, the Rule also outlines a process through which companies may submit new parental consent methods for the FTC’s review and approval Companies do not need to get Commission approval to use a different method
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
FTC is taking another look at COPPA and kids’ online privacy – and we . . . Others aim to clarify and streamline the COPPA Rule and strengthen data security And still others are designed to strengthen how children’s personal information is protected online with an aim to ensure that parents – not companies – are in charge
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Rule: Not Just for Kids Sites Most companies that run websites directed to children under 13 are aware of their responsibilities under the COPPA Rule But if you run a site directed to a general audience or operate an ad network, plug-in, or other third-party service used by kid-directed sites, you may have COPPA compliance obligations, too