FTC To Host COPPA Workshop
The FTC is set to host its first workshop Wednesday on whether to update the rule implementing a law aimed at protecting children's privacy online.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which went into effect in 2000, requires Web sites to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13. The commission is weighing whether to apply the rule to new technologies such as mobile devices, interactive television and interactive gaming, examining whether there are new technologies for verifying the age of users and other issues.
The public roundtable, which will take place at the FTC, will feature several panels including one that will examine extending COPPA's definitions of the "Internet," "Web site" and "Online service" to new devices and technologies, while other panels will debate the law's "actual knowledge" standard and definition of "personal information."
The law requires the FTC to review the COPPA rule every five years. The FTC declined to update it in 2005 but now says that new technologies and the use of mobile broadband have prompted the commission to examine whether the rule should be updated.
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