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FTC Seeks Comment on Children's Online Privacy Protections
Written by Dominic Perri   
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 10:21

FTC

The FTC is seeking comment on whether to update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which went into effect in 2000.  The rule is reviewed every five years. It went unchanged in 2005.

It is clearly time for some major rethinking, given the explosion in online activity of children in the last 10 years.  Consider that when COPPA went into effect there were no social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, etc.  That fact alone warrants a major review.

The 90-day comment period will end on June 30, 2010. The Commission also will hold a public roundtable on the COPPA Rule review on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at the FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC.

Copies of the Federal Register Notice and the public comments received will be posted on the FTC’s Web site at:http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html.

The Hill has a good overview article here.

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