FTC To Consider COPPA Changes
The FTC will host a June 2 workshop that will examine whether the commission should make changes to a law imposing certain requirements on Web sites aimed at children.
The FTC is currently collecting comments on possible changes to its 2000 rule implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The law requires Web sites to obtain parental consent before collecting information from children under 13. The FTC is required to review the rule every five years. It declined to make changes when it first examined the rule in 2005, but the agency said it now believes changes may be needed to address "rapidly changing technology such as the increased use of smart phones and other devices to access the Internet."
Among the issues the roundtable will examine include whether the COPPA rule should apply to new technologies such as mobile devices, interactive television and interactive gaming. In addition, it will examine whether the FTC should expand the rule to cover more types of information collected from children and review "parental verification methods used by Web site operators," the FTC said in a news release.
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