COPPA Protects Children But Challenges Lie Ahead
February 27th, 2007This is pretty important. The FTC has just issued a report entitled , "Implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress". From the press release:
"The report also states that “there is concern that younger children are migrating to more general audience websites, such as social networking sites, that are not intended for their use but nonetheless attract their presence. . . . [T]here is potential for age falsification on general audience websites, as well as liability under COPPA, should these sites obtain actual knowledge that they are collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children online.” The report also notes that these trends highlight the need for supplemental solutions, such as age verification technologies, that can provide additional security measures for children online. The report goes on to say that the challenges for both the FTC, as well as parents and others, will likely increase as the means by which children access the Internet increasingly move from stand-alone computers to mobile devices."
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