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What are the rules of Coppa?
Rule Summary: 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.
What are the requirements of the children’s Online Privacy Protection Act?
The Act requires the Commission to promulgate regulations requiring operators of commercial websites and online services directed to children under 13 or knowingly collecting personal information from children under 13 to: (a) notify parents of their information practices; (b) obtain verifiable parental consent for the …
Is COPPA still a law?
Does COPPA still apply? Yes. The Rule governs the online collection of personal information from children by a covered operator, even if children volunteer the information or are not required by the operator to input the information to participate on the website or service.
Who can enforce COPPA?
Congress enacted the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in 1998. COPPA required the Federal Trade Commission to issue and enforce regulations concerning children’s online privacy. The Commission’s original COPPA Rule became effective on April 21, 2000.
Is Coppa a real law?
COPPA is a real law passed in 1998 that “imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age.” Whenever you’re watching a commercial for a website that encourages children to “ask your parents’ permission before going online,” that’s just a small part of COPPA at play.
What does Coppa apply to?
COPPA applies to the operators of websites and online services that are: Directed at children under the age of 13 and collect personal information from the visitor. Directed at a general audience when the operator has “actual knowledge” that the personal information from a child under the age of 13 has been collected.
How Coppa’s new rule affects ad networks?
Under the COPPA changes, if those sites continue to permit a third party plug-in or ad network to use persistent tracking cookies or other tracking technologies, they will be obligated to provide notice to parents and obtain consent before the third party can collect the child’s information.
Does Coppa apply to your web site?
COPPA doesn’t apply to everyone operating a website or other online service. Put simply, COPPA applies to operators of websites and online services that collect personal information from kids under 13. Here’s a more specific way of determining if COPPA applies to you. You must comply with COPPA if: